The Runnymede Report was a policy document, not academic research, yet gained authority.

Evidence

It also acquired a reputation of authority: one it must be concluded that has been subjected to minimal critical and theoretical analysis. This is not necessarily surprising in that critical and theoretical analyses tend to apply to academic pieces of research and enquiry, something that the runnymede report was – at the time of its publication at least – most definitely not. Instead the report was a policy document devised to: raise awareness of what was, at the time, a relatively unknown and unexplored phenomenon across a range of different socio-political spaces; influence and assist policy and decision-makers; and provide a substantial and informed resource for those working in the field of equalities and beyond. — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 277

Categorization

• XREF: Explains why a non-academic policy document became the canonical definitional reference that Bleich and others later had to contest. — connects to: The Runnymede Report gained authority despite being a non-academic policy document — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 276

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• The Runnymede Report’s definition of Islamophobia shifted and changed within its own pages. (similarity 0.81)
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• The Runnymede Report redefined Islamophobia around closed views of Islam (similarity 0.81)
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• The Runnymede report introduced Islamophobia as marking Muslim-specific experience beyond shared discrimination. (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• The Runnymede Report gained authority despite being a non-academic policy document #corroborates (1.00) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 276