Islam and Muslims in the Mind of America

Influences on the Making of U. S. Policy

Bibliographic Data

ID12019162
AuthorsFawaz A Gerges (corresponding author)
Year1997
Volume26
Issue2
Pages68-80
Publication date1997-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Palestine Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0377-919X • E-ISSN: 1533-8614
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.2307/2537784
OpenAlexW2031751436
LanguageEN
Citations received13

This essay examines the ways in which the U.S. public, media, interest groups, and foreign policy elite, including Congress, influence the making of American policy toward political Islam. After analyzing the focal historical, cultural, and current political developments that inform Americans' attitudes on Islamic resurgence, the paper argues that contemporary security and strategic considerations, not just culture and ideology, account for America's preoccupation with Islamism

Elite · Foreign policy · Ideology · Islam · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · History · Law · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

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