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Muslim American integration and interest group formation: a historical narrative
Diaspora Studies ( IF 0.2 ) Pub Date : 2016-10-12 , DOI: 10.1080/09739572.2016.1239437
Emily Cury

ABSTRACT Given the wide degree of ethnic, national, and denominational diversity among Muslims in the United States, the emergence of interest groups aiming/claiming to represent the collective interests of this group merits explanation. Much of the existing literature on U.S. Muslims tends to focus on the post-9/11 backlash and ensuing grassroots mobilization, rather than on the process of Muslim American institutional formation. This article seeks to fill this gap – and to add to our understanding of this understudied, but much scrutinized community – by providing a historical institutionalist analysis of Muslim American interest groups. I argue that internal group dynamics, as well as the broader U.S. policy context are key to explaining Muslim American claims making. Further, I demonstrate that the issues, aims, and tactics driving Muslim American interest groups are the result of a long process of immigrant integration into the U.S. This analysis is based largely on primary documents, including policy reports and press releases issued by the two leading Muslim American interest groups: the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), as well as interviews with the leaders of these organizations. One of the key findings to emerge from this analysis is that, in the post-civil rights era, discriminatory state policy is an important engenderer of collective identity formation and claims making.

中文翻译:

穆斯林美国人的融合和利益集团的形成:一个历史叙事

摘要 鉴于美国穆斯林在种族、民族和教派方面的广泛多样性,旨在/声称代表该群体集体利益的利益集团的出现值得解释。许多关于美国穆斯林的现有文献倾向于关注 9/11 后的反弹和随之而来的基层动员,而不是美国穆斯林制度形成的过程。本文试图通过提供对穆斯林美国利益集团的历史制度主义分析来填补这一空白——并增加我们对这个研究不足但受到严格审查的社区的理解。我认为,内部群体动态以及更广泛的美国政策背景是解释穆斯林美国主张的关键。此外,我证明了这些问题、目标、推动美国穆斯林利益集团的策略和策略是移民融入美国的长期过程的结果 该分析主要基于主要文件,包括两个主要的美国穆斯林利益集团发布的政策报告和新闻稿:美国理事会-伊斯兰关系 (CAIR) 和穆斯林公共事务委员会 (MPAC),以及对这些组织领导人的采访。从这一分析中得出的一个主要发现是,在后民权时代,歧视性的国家政策是集体身份形成和主张的重要促成因素。包括美国伊斯兰关系委员会(CAIR)和穆斯林公共事务委员会(MPAC)这两个主要的美国穆斯林利益集团发布的政策报告和新闻稿,以及对这些组织领导人的采访。从这一分析中得出的一个主要发现是,在后民权时代,歧视性的国家政策是集体身份形成和主张的重要促成因素。包括美国伊斯兰关系委员会(CAIR)和穆斯林公共事务委员会(MPAC)这两个主要的美国穆斯林利益集团发布的政策报告和新闻稿,以及对这些组织领导人的采访。从这一分析中得出的一个主要发现是,在后民权时代,歧视性的国家政策是集体认同形成和主张的重要促成因素。
更新日期:2016-10-12
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