Brooks Reforming the UK’s Citizenship Test

Building Bridges, Not Barriers
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-5292-1853-4
Verlag: Bristol University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm

How many questions could you answer in a pub quiz about British values?

Designed to ensure new migrants have accepted British values and integrated, the UK's citizenship test is often portrayed as a bad pub quiz with answers few citizens know. With the launch of a new post-Brexit immigration system, this is a critical time to change the test.

Thom Brooks draws on first-hand experience of taking the test, and interviews with key figures including past Home Secretaries, to expose the test as ineffective and a barrier to citizenship. This accessible guide offers recommendations for transforming the citizenship test into a ‘bridge to citizenship’ which fosters greater inclusion and integration.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brooks, Thom

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Sicherheitsrecht Ausländerrecht, Asylrecht, Flüchtlingsrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. A Bad Pub Quiz

2. Why Test for Citizenship?

3. A New Beginning

4. Not Learning from Mistakes

5. From Trivia to Trivial

6. Building Bridges and a Better Test

7. Conclusion and Recommendations

Über Autor(innen)

Brooks, Thom
Thom Brooks is the Dean of Durham Law School at Durham University.