Defining British Citizenship

Rieko Karatani received her D. Phil in 1999 (International Relations) at the University of Oxford. She is currently Associate Professor in International Relations, University of Kyushu, Japan.

• Understanding citizenship; the development of British subjecthood before the 20th century; the common code system - Britain and the dominions in the pre-Second World War period; Commonwealth citizenship - from the British Nationality Act 1948 to the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962; emerging national citizenship through immigration control - from the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962 to the Immigration Act 1971; epilogue - an appraisal of the British Nationality Act 1981; conclusion; appendices.