World War II, British national identity was challenged because the citizens of England went from living in an all-white bubble of white supremacy to seeing the people they colonized in the flat next door, or as a coworker in the factory, and eventually, as the labor needs shifted, as getting the job they applied for. Imperialism and white supremacy ensured that British national identity was sure to be challenged when people British nationals had been taught were inferior came into their world. To understand how this came about, it is important to know the context. The relevant time frame runs from post-World War II to the 1970s, and arguably the present day. World War II caused an economic downturn in much of Europe, and Britain was no…
have suffered much over great amount of time. Almost every reason we have suffered has been due to the British and their fellow loyalists who walk among us. The inflict taxes on us that make it harder to live in this already arduous colony. It takes guts, strength and will to live here unlike back in the pampered villages of England. We must maintain every penny and every square foot of land to help us succeed. I know many of you may see what I’m saying as hypocrisy, but it is not. The British…
nearly all social welfare measures had to be stricken down. Thatcher had come into a notoriously weak economy in Britain, and by the end of her time in office, the British economy saw a powerful recovery thanks to Thatcher. In lieu of varying levels of protest, Thatcher managed to restructure the British welfare state into an elitist fiscal bubble. The artificial control of inflation and deflation helped to regulate the distribution of available funds to Britain’s citizens, in favor of creating…
After the move, Krystyna applied to British Intelligence. Due to her immense intellect, charming personality and her fluency in multiple languages, she was immediately intercepted into the Special Operations Executive Branch of British Intelligence. For six weeks she travelled across Europe in the pursuit of discovering German troop placement. During this time she also covertly met with Polish leaders, what was said in those meeting is still only speculated. Her official espionage career began…
Nikita Thompson A new asylum paradigm? Globalization, migration and the uncertain future of the international refugee regime Jeff Crisp In our world, we can find more than 10 million people who, when asked where home is, can only respond that they are stateless. This large cluster of stateless people live and reside in lands where they do not have legal membership, given by the state to them. Due to this lack of membership within a state that an individual is occupying, they lose the legal…
The second criteria is that citizenship allows for rewards such as a share in public distribution and the third characteristic is that citizenship acknowledges the individual as a family member among a “super-family” (Patterson, 58). Also, the astos included civil rights only, whereas the politai had full political citizenship. Astoi was used to explain the communal sense of citizenship like a relative within the family, while politai was used to explain the relationship between a citizen and…
The delegation of Switzerland advocates that statelessness denies people of basic human rights and a right to have a decent life. Switzerland is home to over 10,000 refugees, a number that constantly grows. It is also part of the 1954 Stateless Convention, which deals with the status of stateless people. This document provides detailed rights and protection of stateless people.The delegation of Switzerland also took part in the UNHCR’s Inter- Parliamentary Union, having written “Nationality and…
Who gets to decide what is appropriate for an individual to wear during not only during the taking of oath of Canadian citizenship, but at any time in any place within the boundaries of our supposedly multicultural Canada? While this is not the first time they issues regarding dress have arisen within Canada, the case of Zunera Ishaq, drew considerable attention in 2015. In large part to the proximity to the federal election and a potential rising tide of Islamaphobia which began to permeate…
number of states and islands connected to the country which alters the laws and rights of citizenship accordingly. An Island named Swains Island, is currently dealing with an issue which involves all citizens on the island being identified as US nationalists. “They have the right to live and work in the US and apply for a US passport, but cannot vote in elections” (User Vishbar, 2015). Without being able to vote, this means that these particular US nationalists are unable to have their own say…
The main reason immigration was booming during the mid-1900s would be because of the Canadian Citizenship Act in 1947. A Canadian Council for Refugees stated in their timeline, “Canadian Citizenship Act adopted, creating a separate Canadian citizenship, distinct from British (Canada was the first Commonwealth country to do so)”. By having the Canadian Citizen Act in place, it allowed people to be classified as Canadians. The book Canadian Decades 1940s states, “Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie…