Outsiders at Home: The Politics of American Islamophobia

by Nazita Lajevardi

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108479235
• ISBN13: 9781108479233
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"