Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgements
- 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
- Appendices
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
7 - Muslim American Representation: Outsiders in Their Own Country?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 May 2020
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgements
- 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
- Appendices
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 7 examines how well Muslim American citizens are being served by their elected representatives. It explores the quality of Muslim American representation through two audit studies on state legislators, using putatively identifiable white and Muslim names. Across both studies, the results reveal legislators largely ignore the Muslim American community.
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- Outsiders at HomeThe Politics of American Islamophobia, pp. 132 - 168Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020