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The British migration-citizenship regime: from decolonisation to Brexit

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The British migration-citizenship regime: from decolonisation to Brexit. / Benson, Michaela.
The Modern World after Colonialism: Remaking the Social Sciences . ed. / Gurminder K Bhambra; Ipek Demir; Paul Gilbert; Su-Ming Khoo; Lucy Mayblin. Bristol: Bristol University Press, 2025.

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Harvard

Benson, M 2025, The British migration-citizenship regime: from decolonisation to Brexit. in GK Bhambra, I Demir, P Gilbert, S-M Khoo & L Mayblin (eds), The Modern World after Colonialism: Remaking the Social Sciences . Bristol University Press, Bristol.

APA

Benson, M. (in press). The British migration-citizenship regime: from decolonisation to Brexit. In G. K. Bhambra, I. Demir, P. Gilbert, S.-M. Khoo, & L. Mayblin (Eds.), The Modern World after Colonialism: Remaking the Social Sciences Bristol University Press.

Vancouver

Benson M. The British migration-citizenship regime: from decolonisation to Brexit. In Bhambra GK, Demir I, Gilbert P, Khoo SM, Mayblin L, editors, The Modern World after Colonialism: Remaking the Social Sciences . Bristol: Bristol University Press. 2025

Author

Benson, Michaela. / The British migration-citizenship regime : from decolonisation to Brexit. The Modern World after Colonialism: Remaking the Social Sciences . editor / Gurminder K Bhambra ; Ipek Demir ; Paul Gilbert ; Su-Ming Khoo ; Lucy Mayblin. Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2025.

Bibtex

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