Home Office trying to persuade unions to drop opposition to ID cards Minister pledges there will be no delays to £4.7bn identity cards programme / The Guardian, 30 October 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/oct/20/idcards
"The Home Office is in active talks with trade unions in an attempt to persuade them to abandon opposition to the imminent introduction of compulsory ID cards for airport workers. Meg Hillier, the minister in charge of ID cards and passports, today promised there would be no delays to the £4.7bn programme despite the threat of a UK economic recession."

[USA] MPI Backgrounder Examines Redesigned Citizenship Test Taking Effect October 1st / Migration Policy Institute, 29 September 2008
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/news/2008_09_29.php
"More than a decade in the making, the redesigned citizenship test that becomes mandatory for all applicants effective Oct. 1, 2008, has two main goals: Provide a more meaningful opportunity for would-be Americans to demonstrate knowledge of U.S. history and civics, and allow greater standardization in test administration."
High Stakes, More Meaning: An Overview of the Process of Redesigning the U.S. Citizenship Test
PDF - http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/BR6_NatzTest_092908.pdf

Immigration: 'Britishness' will not help integration, say researchers / Guardian, July 21 2008

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/jul/21/migration.integration?gusrc=rss&feed=uknews

"Tackling deprivation and boosting social interaction would do more to reduce hostility to immigrants than trying to create a sense of Britishness, a report said today.Concerns over limited housing and school places in some parts of the UK are undermining attempts to ensure new migrants are well received, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation."

Report http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/eBooks/2230-deprivation-cohesion-immigration.pdf

Immigration: 'Britishness' will not help integration, say researchers/Society Guardian, July 21 2008

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/jul/21/migration.integration?gusrc=rss&feed=society
"Tackling deprivation and boosting social interaction would do more to reduce hostility to immigrants than trying to create a sense of Britishness, a report said today. Concerns over limited housing and school places in some parts of the UK are undermining attempts to ensure new migrants are well received, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation."

Report
http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Society/documents/2008/07/21/JRF.pdf

Young Muslims to get citizenship lessons in bid to combat extremism/ Guardian.co.uk, 18 July 2008.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/jul/18/education.terrorism?gusrc=rss&feed=society
"Young Muslims will be given British citizenship lessons when they attend mosque schools, as part of a range of new measures outlined by the government to combat extremism.

The plans, contained in a report published today, Preventing Violent Extremism: Next Steps for Communities, were put together after discussions with representatives of Muslim communities in an attempt to prevent the marginalisation of young people."

Netherlands: Court Rules Pre-Entry Integration Exam Unlawful / Human Rights Watch, 17 July 2008
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/07/17/nether19386.htm
"Government Should Suspend Discriminatory Test Targeting non-Western Migrants The Dutch government should suspend its discriminatory “integration test abroad” – an exam on Dutch language and society – that is required for family migrants from some non-Western countries following a July 15 court ruling that the test is unlawful, Human Rights Watch has said."

Citizenship Survey: April 2007 - March 2008, England and Wales / CLG, 26 June 2008
PDF - http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/863680.pdf
Cohesion Research: Statistical Release 4
"This release provides headline findings from all four quarters of the 2007-2008 Citizenship Survey, covering April 2007- March 2008. The release covers active and empowered communities; community cohesion; and racial prejudice and discrimination."

[Germany] So you want to become a German citizen? / Yahoo News, 15 June 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080615/lf_afp/germanypoliticsimmigration_080615073434
Arnaud Bouvier
"Chancellor Angela Merkel's government wants to improve integration and it believes fostering a better understanding of her country would help considerably. In an effort to achieve this, it was announced recently that government officials are currently scratching their heads trying to come up with 310 questions to test whether someone applying for citizenship fits the bill."

Integration: A centuries-old issue / Eurekalert.org, 23 April 2008
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-04/nofs-iac042308.php
"When can a person be regarded as a full and equal citizen of a country" Is a double nationality possible and what advantages does it offer a newcomer" These questions were already contemplated in ancient Rome. The Italian allies of Rome were keen on obtaining the Roman citizenship. Dutch researcher Roel van Dooren investigated why. "

Persons Granted British Citizenship United Kingdom 2007 / Home Office, 20 May 2008
PDF - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/hosb0508.pdf
Home Office Statistical Bulletin No 5/08

The politics of identity/Ministry of Justice, 26 March 2008
http://www.justice.gov.uk/news/sp260308b.htm
Justice Minister Michael Wills has given a speech to the Institute for Public Policy Research on the politics of national identity.

Citizenship Survey: April - December 2007, England and Wales / CLG, 3 April 2008
PDF - http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/737550.pdf
"This release provides headline findings from the first three quarters of the 2007-08 citizenship survey. It covers active and empowered communities, community cohesion and racial prejudice and discrimination."

Beyond Naturalisation: Citizenship policy in an age of super mobility / IPPR, 11 March 2008
PDF - http://www.ippr.org/members/download.asp?f=%2Fecomm%2Ffiles%2Fbeyond%5Fnaturalisation%2Epdf
Jill Rutter, Maria Latorre and Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah
A research report for the Lord Goldsmith Citizenship Review
"This report examines how a government committed to progressive notions of citizenship might respond to the fact that fewer people are willing to take up British citizenship or able to establish long-term roots within communities. In other words, we ask how government can promote citizenship among a population that includes growing numbers of non-citizens."

The Effects of Naturalization on Immigrants’ Employment Probability (France, 1968–1999) / Institute for the Study of Labor, February 2008
PDF - http://ftp.iza.org/dp3372.pdf
Denis Fougère ; Mirna Safi
IZA DP No. 3372
"Naturalization is usually regarded as an important sign of civic and political integration amongst immigrants, but it can also be seen as a factor of their economic integration. The aim of this study is to analyze the naturalization phenomenon in France and examine its link with the immigrants’ labor force status. We find that naturalisation has a significant positive effect on immigrants’ employability and that this effect is particularly high for groups of immigrants who have a low probability of employment in the host country."

Citizenship: Our Common Bond / Ministry of Justice, 11 March 2008
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/citizenship-report-full.pdf
Lord Goldsmith QC Citizenship Review

Evaluation of the GP education pilot: health and work in general practice / Department for Work and Pensions, 5th March 2008
PDF - http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/rports2007-2008/rrep479.pdf
Dorothy Chang and Andrew Irving
Research Report No 479
"This report evaluates a pilot programme that aimed to drive up professional standards in general medical practice in the area of health and work. The goal was to help general practitioners better handle sickness absence management and help patients return to work."

Citizenship, reproduction and the state: international marriage and human rights
Citizenship Studies, Volume 12, Issue 1 February 2008 , pages 45 - 54
http://digbig.com/4wmkb
Bryan S. Turner
"The relationship between citizenship, marriage and family has often been overlooked in the social and political theory of citizenship. Intimate domestic life is associated with the private sphere, partly because reproduction itself is thought to depend on the private choices of individuals. While feminist theory has challenged this division between private and public, the absence of any systematic thinking about familial relations, reproduction and citizenship is puzzling."
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Inmates 'at risk' in police cells / BBC, 20 February 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7253708.stm

Integrating Immigrants: Morality and Loyalty in U.S. Naturalization Practice / University of California. Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, January 2008
PDF - http://www.ccis-ucsd.org/PUBLICATIONS/wrkg160.pdf
Susan Gordon
Working Paper 160

[Australia] Migrant test to get official review / The Australian, 29 January 2008
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,23126405-2702,00.html
"QUESTIONS about historical dates and sporting trivia appear set for the axe under a review of the Australian citizenship test. The review will examine whether some test questions are inappropriate and whether the level of English required to pass is set too high."