Muslim-American identity, integration, and government relations in the post-9/11 environment
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- How has the scrutiny faced by Muslim-Americans in the post-9/11 environment influenced their relationship with the U.S. government, and who in the community has it disaffected the most? The theoretical argument of this project focuses on the mediating role that a politicized Muslim-American identity-- formed in the face of threat by the government --has on a variety of political attitudes and behaviors, ranging from voluntary cooperation with law enforcement to support for violence against the state. The study argues that variation in perceived group threat is explained in part by an ``identity socialization'' process. Muslims' beliefs about the America government are shaped by their past experiences with government institutions in their country of origin and by their circumstances in the U.S. These experiences provide the lens through which they interpret their treatment as a group and the intents of the U.S. government. This study places the Muslim-American experience in an analytical framework that relates and directly compares their process of identity formation to other ethnic and racial groups in American society. Without such comparisons, the understanding of how different (or similar) Muslims are to other Americans remains open to interpretation and manipulation. The project has several important implications for Western counterterrorism and counter-radicalization policies, immigrant integration, and Muslim-government relations in the West. After empirically testing the theoretical argument, the project assesses which segments of the community trust U.S. law enforcement and how this affects their willingness to voluntarily cooperate with the police in criminal investigations involving Muslim suspects. Following chapters analyze various types of political engagement across the community, ranging from voting to support for political violence. The main findings are based on an original survey-- the Muslim-American National Opinion Survey (MANOS). As one the first and few nationally-representative surveys of Muslim-Americans, it provides a much-needed systematic investigation of Muslim-American beliefs and attitudes towards the U.S. government. Analogous surveys of non-Muslim Americans are used for comparison, and the survey data are supplemented with in-depth interviews and case studies from across the country.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2014 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Gillum, Rachel Marie |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Political Science. |
| Primary advisor | Blaydes, Lisa, 1975- |
| Primary advisor | Sniderman, Paul M |
| Thesis advisor | Blaydes, Lisa, 1975- |
| Thesis advisor | Sniderman, Paul M |
| Thesis advisor | Crenshaw, Martha |
| Thesis advisor | Segura, Gary M, 1963- |
| Advisor | Crenshaw, Martha |
| Advisor | Segura, Gary M, 1963- |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Rachel Marie Gillum. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Political Science. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2014. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2014 by Rachel Marie Gillum
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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