Overview
- Analyzes how Islam has been securitized in the US on a state level
- Details how US foreign policy makers have securitized Islam first in policy discourses, and then globally as part of a systemic securitization process
- Further develops securitization theory by using Islam as an example
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This book argues that Islam has been securitized in US foreign policy, especially during the W. Bush administration when it was increasingly portrayed as the ultimate “other.” This securitization was realized through the association of Islam with unique security threats in speeches of foreign policy and national security. By analyzing the four recent US presidents’ discourses on Islam, this work sheds light on how they viewed Islam and addresses the following questions: How do we talk about Islam, its place and relationship within the context of US security? How does the language we use to describe Islam influence the way we imagine it? How is Islam constructed as a security issue?
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Erdoan A. Shipoli is Visiting Scholar at the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University, USA. He is also a social entrepreneur and has established numerous international organizations to advance dialogue, leadership, and youth development.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Islam, Securitization, and US Foreign Policy
Authors: Erdoan A. Shipoli
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71111-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-71110-2Published: 24 May 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10015-5Published: 22 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-71111-9Published: 08 May 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 327
Topics: International Security Studies, Politics and Religion, Foreign Policy, US Politics, Political Communication, International Relations Theory