American Muslim Organizations' Platforms and Strategies: Understanding Changes in Interest Group Identity

dc.contributor.advisor	Mandaville, Peter
dc.contributor.author	Ibrahim, Ayah
dc.creator	Ibrahim, Ayah
dc.date.accessioned	2018-10-22T01:20:33Z
dc.date.available	2018-10-22T01:20:33Z
dc.date.issued	2017
dc.description.abstract	American Muslim organizations face the challenge of representing their diverse constituency and effectively engaging with the public and policymakers. How do organizations present themselves publicly? This study endeavors to address this query and illuminate what exogenous (government policy, public opinion, and world events) and endogenous (experience and funding) factors influence the projected identity (platforms and tactics) by analyzing press releases and other publications of three prominent national American Muslim organizations between 1999 and 2013. A series of regression models finds support for socialization theories. Additionally, the organizations responded more frequently to negative policies or violent incidents, confirming a disturbance hypothesis.
dc.format.extent	373 pages
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1920/11296
dc.language.iso	en
dc.rights	Copyright 2017 Ayah Ibrahim
dc.subject	Political science
dc.subject	American Muslims
dc.subject	Identity
dc.subject	Interest Groups
dc.subject	Minority
dc.subject	Organizations
dc.title	American Muslim Organizations' Platforms and Strategies: Understanding Changes in Interest Group Identity
dc.type	Dissertation
thesis.degree.discipline	Political Science
thesis.degree.grantor	George Mason University
thesis.degree.level	Ph.D.

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