Outsiders at Home
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Outsiders at Home

The Politics of American Islamophobia

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Outsiders at Home

The Politics of American Islamophobia

About this book

Discrimination against Muslim Americans has soared over the last two decades with hostility growing especially acute since 2016 - in no small part due to targeted attacks by policymakers and media. Outsiders at Home offers the first systematic, empirically driven examination of status of Muslim Americans in US democracy, evaluating the topic from a variety of perspectives. To what extent do Muslim Americans face discrimination by legislators, the media, and the general public? What trends do we see over time, and how have conditions shifted? What, if anything, can be done to reverse course? How do Muslim Americans view their position, and what are the psychic and sociopolitical tolls? Answering each of these questions, Nazita Lajevardi shows that the rampant, mostly negative discussion of Muslims in media and national discourse has yielded devastating political and social consequences.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Frontispiece
  3. Half-title
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright information
  6. Contents
  7. List of Figures
  8. List of Tables
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. 1 A Climate of Muslim American Hostility
  11. 2 Theoretical Framework: The Sociopolitical Positioning of Muslim Americans
  12. 3 Introducing the “Muslim American Resentment” Scale
  13. 4 Muslim American Prospects for Political Incorporation
  14. 5 The News Media's Portrayals of Muslim Americans
  15. 6 Improving Mass Attitudes: The Media's Role in Shaping Group Attitudes and Policy Preferences
  16. 7 Muslim American Representation: Outsiders in Their Own Country?
  17. 8 The Flipside: Muslim American Experiences of Discrimination
  18. 9 Conclusion
  19. Appendices
  20. Notes
  21. Bibliography
  22. Index