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.