The return of citizenship? An empirical assessment of legal integration in times of radical sociolegal transformation
The return of citizenship? An empirical assessment of legal integration in times of radical sociolegal transformation
Intra-EU migrants have traditionally faced few pressures or incentives to formalize their “permanent” residence or to naturalize in their EU host countries. Focusing on the United Kingdom and combining an analysis of secondary administrative data and primary online survey data (N = 1,413), this article examines practices and attitudes toward such legal integration in the context of the 2016 EU Referendum among five major EU nationality groups. The analysis reveals that British citizenship is the main legal mechanism of integration among intra-EU migrants in the United Kingdom and that while there is continuity in this respect with pre-Brexit processes, Brexit also has a strong but differential effect as a driver of legal integration. The article identifies some of the main decision-influencing factors shaping legal integration, making a significant contribution to understanding the complexities of integrative processes in times of radical structural change.
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Moreh, Chris
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McGhee, Derek
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Vlachantoni, Athina
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Moreh, Chris
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McGhee, Derek
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Vlachantoni, Athina
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Moreh, Chris, McGhee, Derek and Vlachantoni, Athina
(2020)
The return of citizenship? An empirical assessment of legal integration in times of radical sociolegal transformation.
International Migration Review, 54 (1), .
(doi:10.1177/0197918318809924).
Abstract
Intra-EU migrants have traditionally faced few pressures or incentives to formalize their “permanent” residence or to naturalize in their EU host countries. Focusing on the United Kingdom and combining an analysis of secondary administrative data and primary online survey data (N = 1,413), this article examines practices and attitudes toward such legal integration in the context of the 2016 EU Referendum among five major EU nationality groups. The analysis reveals that British citizenship is the main legal mechanism of integration among intra-EU migrants in the United Kingdom and that while there is continuity in this respect with pre-Brexit processes, Brexit also has a strong but differential effect as a driver of legal integration. The article identifies some of the main decision-influencing factors shaping legal integration, making a significant contribution to understanding the complexities of integrative processes in times of radical structural change.
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Accepted/In Press date: 8 October 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 19 December 2018
Published date: 1 March 2020
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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by Economic and Social Research Council, United Kingdom. Grant number: ES/K007394/1.
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