Islam, Securitization, and US Foreign Policy

• Main Author: Shipoli, Erdoan A. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Security, International.; Religion and politics.; International relations.; United States-Politics and government.; Political communication.; International Security Studies.; Politics and Religion.; Foreign Policy.; US Politics.; Political Communication.; International Relations Theory.

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 fore...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. A Theoretical Approach to US Foreign Policy
• 3. Islam in US Politics
• 4. Securitization of Islam in US Foreign Policy
• 5. US Democracy Promotion
• 6. Levels of Securitization
• 7. Conclusion: What's Next?.