CONTINGENT CITIZENSHIP: MUSLIMS IN AMERICA
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Immigration
Inclusion
Intersectionality
Public Policy
Race and Ethnicity
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How do American Muslims experience political incorporation? What are the consequences of political incorporation for Muslim perceptions of American citizenship and (dis)engagement in civic and political life? In this study, these questions are investigated in-depth across three different contexts and with different communities of Muslims in the United States. Drawing on ethnographic interviews and participant observation with Muslim communities, I find that the status of Muslims as incorporated, excluded, or somewhere along the continuum between, is a function of the interplay between the intersectionality of American Muslim group identity and their local political context. As I will argue throughout this study, the membership or status of Muslims varies locally depending on the set of actors and institutions that receive Muslims, the dimensions of American Muslim group identity which are brought to the forefront by these actors and institutions, and the coalitions that emerge as Muslims are politically socialized.