Title Slow anti-Americanism : social movements and symbolic politics in Central Asia / Edward Schatz

Published Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 215 pages) : illustrations Contents America's changing image -- Islamist trajectories -- Human rights trajectories -- Labor, disorganized -- Conclusion : shaping the slow politics of anti-Americanism Summary "As the United States' global image shifted during the 1990s and 2000s, so too did anti-American dynamics. This shift in image - a deterioration, as Ed Schatz puts it - was not only watched by social mobilizers, radical Islamist leaders, and labor organizers, but integrated into a new schema used to frame the grievances of American imperialism's victims. Schatz traces the progressive deepening of anti-American sentiment in post-Soviet central Asia using the lens of symbolic politics. Drawing on extensive qualitative and quantitative data, he demonstrates how changing public attitudes can have significant sociopolitical consequences. He bypasses the direct link between public opinion and policymaking and instead focuses on the link between public opinion and popular mobilization; the development of this relationship empowers some social actors and disempowers others. This book illustrates how anti-Americanism in central Asia is best described not as a rising tide that swamps, nor as a rapidly spreading fire that engulfs, but as a gradual progression mounting slowly, but powerfully, toward a politically combustible movement"-- Provided by publisher Analysis Anti-Americanism Central Asia Islamism human rights labor public diplomacy social movements symbolic politics Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes In English Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 07, 2020) Subject Anti-Americanism -- Asia, Central Public opinion -- Political aspects -- United States Social movements -- Asia, Central Symbolism in politics -- Asia, Central POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General. Anti-Americanism Diplomatic relations Politics and government Public opinion -- Political aspects Social movements Symbolism in politics SUBJECT Asia, Central -- Foreign relations -- United States United States -- Foreign relations -- Asia, Central Asia, Central -- Politics and government -- 1991- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94001932 Subject Central Asia United States Form Electronic book LC no. 2020020360 ISBN 9781503614338 1503614336

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