Western Muslims and Conflicts Abroad: Conflict Spillovers to Diasporas

ISBN-13: 9780815370680 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 224 str.

Juris Pupcenoks

Opis

Juris Pupcenoks develops a conceptual and theoretical explanation for why reactive conflict spillovers (political violence in response to conflicts abroad) occur in some migrant-background communities in the West but not in others.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Reactive Political Mobilization and Conflict Spillover  3. Pakistanis in London, Arabs in Detroit  Transnational Mobilization  4. The Role of Triggers  5. The Importance Of Ethnic Fragmentation  Reactive Conflict Spillover  6. Violent and Peaceful Mobilization-Pakistanis in London  7. Generally Peaceful Protest-Arab Muslims in Detroit  8. Similar Communities, Different Outcomes

O autorze

Juris Pupcenoks is Assistant Professor of political science at Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY. A specialist in international relations and comparative politics, Dr. Pupcenoks completed a B.A. degree at Westminster College (MO), and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees at the University of Delaware. He previously taught at the University of Delaware and Washington College (MD), the 10th-oldest college in the US. He has conducted field research in Muslim communities in the United Kingdom, Italy and the US, and published in journals including Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, Middle East Journal, and Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs. His research has been supported by grants and awards from the International Studies Association, University of Delaware and Marist College.