University Of Michigan Press imprint: 1020 books
Hot Coal, Cold Steel
Russian and Ukrainian Workers from the End of the Soviet Union to the Post-Communist Transformations
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2010
Well after the disintegration of the Communist Party and the Soviet state--and through several years of economic collapse--industrial workers in almost every sector of the former Soviet Union have remained quiescent and the same ineffective and unpopular trade unions still hold a virtual monopoly...
by Alexander Baturo
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2014
A national constitution or other statute typically specifies restrictions on executive power, often including a limit to the number of terms the chief executive may hold office. In recent decades, however, some presidents of newly established democracies have extended their tenure by various semilegal...
Economics as a Social Science
An Approach to Nonautistic Theory
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2009
Economics as a Social Science is a highly readable critique of economic theory, based on a wide range of research, that endeavors to restore economics to its proper role as a social science. Contrary to conventional economic theory, which assumes that people have no free will, this book instead bases...
Reluctant Partners
A History of Multilateral Trade Cooperation, 1850-2000
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2009
With globalization drawing countries closer together, greater international cooperation is essential for peace and stability. The collective arrangement made by governments to manage their trade relations is one of the few successes of globalization. This book assesses the progress of multilateral...
Decentralization and Popular Democracy
Governance from Below in Bolivia
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2012
Bolivia decentralized in an effort to deepen democracy, improve public services, and make government more accountable. Unlike many countries, Bolivia succeeded. Over the past generation, public investment shifted dramatically toward primary services and resource distribution became far more equitable,...
Mountains Without Handrails
Reflections on the National Parks
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2018
Beloved by academic and general readers alike, Mountains Without Handrails, Joseph L. Sax’s thought-provoking treatise on America’s national parks, remains as relevant today as when first published in 1980. Focusing on the long-standing and bitter battles over recreational use of our parklands,...
Discipline and Desire
Surveillance Technologies in Performance
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2016
*Discipline and Desire *examines how surveillance technologies, when placed within the frames of theater and performance, can be used to critique and reimagine the politics of surveillance in everyday life. The book explores how rapidly proliferating surveillance technologies, including drones, CCTV...
The Afterlife of Greek and Roman Sculpture
Late Antique Responses and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2016
For centuries, statuary décor was a main characteristic of any city, sanctuary, or villa in the Roman world. However, from the third century CE onward, the prevalence of statues across the Roman Empire declined dramatically. By the end of the sixth century, statues were no longer a defining characteristic...
Smartland Korea
Mobile Communication, Culture, and Society
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2017
The dramatic advancement of cellphone technology has fundamentally changed our daily lives. Smartphones and their applications have created new capital for information and communication technology corporations and changed the way people communicate. Because of an interesting awareness of the significance...
Simming
Participatory Performance and the Making of Meaning
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
At an ecopark in Mexico, tourists pretend to be illegal migrants, braving inhospitable terrain and the U.S. Border Patrol as they attempt to cross the border. At a living history museum in Indiana, daytime visitors return after dark to play fugitive slaves on the Underground Railroad. In the Mojave...
by Bryan Shelly
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2011
Pointing to the disparities between wealthy and impoverished school districts in areas where revenue depends primarily upon local taxes, reformers repeatedly call for the centralization of school funding. Their proposals meet resistance from citizens, elected officials, and school administrators who...
The Prism of Race
The Politics and Ideology of Affirmative Action in Brazil
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2018
Brazil has developed a distinctive response to the injustices inflicted by the country’s race relations regime. Despite the mixed racial background of most Brazilians, the state recognizes people’s racial classification according to a simple official scheme in which those self-assigned as black,...
Transnational Capitalism in East Central Europe's Heavy Industry
From Flagship Enterprises to Subsidiaries
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2016
Focusing on the steel industry during the post-communist transition from 1989 through 2009, Aleksandra Sznajder Lee traces the transformation of flagship state enterprises in the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia into the subsidiaries of large, international corporations. By analyzing...
In the Red
The Politics of Public Debt Accumulation in Developed Countries
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
Why do rich countries flirt with fiscal disaster? Between the 1970s and the 2000s, during times of peace and prosperity, affluent countries—like Belgium, Greece, Italy, and Japan—accumulated so much debt that they became vulnerable and exposed themselves to the risk of default. In the past three...