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Living the British dream? Immigration, identity and the idea of citizenship in 21st century Britain

dc.contributor.authorSilva, Elisabete Mendes
dc.date.accessioned2011-04-18T10:37:05Z
dc.date.available2011-04-18T10:37:05Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractBased on the assumption that everyone should have the opportunity to live the British dream, Michael Howard’s 2005 Conservative Manifesto outlines a sense of nationhood, admiring excellence and encouraging ambition, whatever the background or colour of people’s skin. Would this be possible? Can’t we perceive in it a utopian desire to create a monoculture society? Would the same chances be given to everyone? Nonetheless, one of the main projects of the Conservative party is to set a limit on immigration in Britain. This paper’s main purpose is to reflect upon the causes and consequences of immigration in Britain and what the government intends to do to integrate multicultural and multiethnic societies in the mainstream culture. Special focus will be put on a specific community in Britain: the Pakistanis. The central concern of this paper is basically to highlight similarities and differences in the concept and exercise of citizenship in Britain.por
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiapor
dc.identifier.citationSilva, Elisabete (2007). Living the British dream? Immigration, identity and the idea of citizenship in 21st century Britain. In FSimpósio Internacional A Tangled Web: Ideas, Images, Symbols. ISBN 978-972-8886-09-7 e Revista Anglo-Saxónica. ISSN 0873-0628. II:25, p. 125-132.por
dc.identifier.isbn978-972-8886-09-7
dc.identifier.issn0873-0628
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/4076
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherUniversidade de Lisboa, Centro de Estudos Anglísticospor
dc.subjectIdentitypor
dc.subjectCitizenshippor
dc.titleLiving the British dream? Immigration, identity and the idea of citizenship in 21st century Britainpor
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage132por
oaire.citation.startPage123por
oaire.citation.titleA tangled web. Ideas, images, and symbolspor
person.familyNameSilva
person.givenNameElisabete Mendes
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