For her protection and benefit
The regulation of marriage-related migration to the UK
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2147272 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Natasha Carver (0000-0002-7518-2502, University of Bristol, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 15 |
| Pages | 2758-2776 |
| Publication date | 2016-12-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01419870.2016.1171369 |
| OpenAlex | W2345010845 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 26 |
This paper argues that a two-tier system has evolved dividing intra-UK/EU marriages from extra-UK/EU marriages. For the former, marriage is a contract between two individuals overseen by a facilitating state. For the latter, marriage has become more of a legal status defined and controlled by an intrusive and obstructive state. I argue that this divergence in legislating regulation is steeped in an ethnicized imagining of 'Britishness' whereby the more noticeably 'other' migrants (by skin colour or religion) are perceived as a threat to the national character. The conceptualization of women as legally 'disabled' citizens (1870 Naturalisation Act) for whom a state must act as responsible patriarch, is a fundamental part of this imagining of the nation. The paper therefore examines the social (gendered and ethnicized) assumptions and political aims embedded within the legislation
Britishness · Citizenship · Conceptualization · Divergence (linguistics · Law and economics · Legislation · Naturalisation · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration
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| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |