Outsiders At Home - The Politics of American Islamophobia

Muslim Americans are grossly marginalized in US democracy and mainstream politics. The situation developed rapidly and is getting worse.

List of contents

1. A climate of Muslim American hostility; 2. Theoretical framework: the sociopolitical positioning of Muslim Americans; 3. Introducing the 'Muslim American resentment' scale; 4. Muslim American prospects for political incorporation; 5. The news media's portrayals of Muslim Americans; 6. Improving mass attitudes: the media's role in shaping group attitudes and policy preferences; 7. Muslim American representation: outsiders in their own country?; 8. The flipside: Muslim American experiences of discrimination; 9. Conclusion.

About the author

Nazita Lajevardi is an attorney and political scientist based at Michigan State University. Her research has been featured in outlets including The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Vox Magazine, and The Huffington Post.

Summary

How do Muslim Americans fare in US democracy? This book provides evidence that Muslim Americans are grossly marginalized, evaluating discrimination from a variety of perspectives to present a multi-faceted account. Lajevardi shows that the current state of affairs developed rapidly, is getting worse, and has yielded devastating political consequences.

Additional text

'This urgent book constitutes a powerful, landmark study of the status of Muslims within the American political system. Innovative theory and remarkable empirical data underpin Lajevardi's exploration of widespread discrimination and exclusion in the United States.' Dalia Mogahed, co-author of Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think

Product details

• Authors: Nazita Lajevardi, Nazita (Michigan State University) Lajevardi
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9781108749503
• ISBN: 978-1-108-74950-3
• No. of pages: 306
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Media Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Politics & government, Religion & politics, Social discrimination & inequality, United States of America, USA, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Politics and government, Religion and Politics, History of the Americas, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict, Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Social discrimination and social justice