University Of Michigan Press imprint: 1020 books
Coalition Politics and Cabinet Decision Making
A Comparative Analysis of Foreign Policy Choices
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2012
Every day, coalition cabinets make policy decisions critical to international politics. Juliet Kaarbo examines the dynamics of these multiparty cabinets in parliamentary democracies in order to assess both the quality of coalition decision making and the degree to which coalitions tend to favor peaceful...
Governance and Foreign Investment in China, India, and Taiwan
Credibility, Flexibility, and International Business
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
Yu Zheng challenges the idea that democracy is the prerequisite for developing countries to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) and promote economic growth. He examines the relationship between political institutions and FDI through the use of cross-national analysis and case studies of three...
Human Rights
Concepts, Contests, Contingencies
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2009
Today the language of human rights, if not human rights themselves, is nearly universal. Human Rights brings together essays that attend to both the allure and criticism of human rights. They examine contestation and contingency in today's human rights politics and help us rethink some of the basic...
by Steven E. Lobell, Norrin M Ripsman
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
In The Political Economy of Regional Peacemaking, scholars examine the efficacy of trade agreements, economic sanctions, and other strategies of economic statecraft for the promotion of peace both between rival states and across conflict-ridden regions more generally. In the introduction, Steven E....
The Liberal Illusion
Does Trade Promote Peace?
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2009
"A very important and long-awaited major contribution to the debate . . . Her work cannot be ignored."
--Nils Petter Gleditsch, Journal of Peace Research
"Barbieri builds on a solid foundation of work on trade and conflict and specifies the conditions under which trade reduces...
Old and New New Englanders
Immigration and Regional Identity in the Gilded Age
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2014
In Old and New New Englanders, Bluford Adams provides a reenvisioning of New England’s history and regional identity by exploring the ways the arrival of waves of immigrants from Europe and Canada transformed what it meant to be a New Englander during the Gilded Age. Adams’s intervention challenges...
The British Blues Network
Adoption, Emulation, and Creativity
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
Beginning in the late 1950s, an influential cadre of young, white, mostly middle-class British men were consuming and appropriating African-American blues music, using blues tropes in their own music and creating a network of admirers and emulators that spanned the Atlantic. This cross-fertilization...
Legal Rights
Historical and Philosophical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2009
The idea of legal rights today enjoys virtually universal appeal, yet all too often the meaning and significance of rights are poorly understood. The purpose of this volume is to clarify the subject of legal rights by drawing on both historical and philosophical legal scholarship to bridge the gap...
Envisioning Socialism
Television and the Cold War in the German Democratic Republic
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2014
Envisioning Socialism examines television and the power it exercised to define the East Germans’ view of socialism during the first decades of the German Democratic Republic. In the first book in English to examine this topic, Heather L. Gumbert traces how television became a medium prized for its...
Consumption and Violence
Radical Protest in Cold-War West Germany
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2014
Combining the tools of political, social, cultural, and intellectual history, Consumption and Violence: Radical Protest in Cold-War West Germany explores strategies of legitimization developed by advocates of militant resistance to certain manifestations of consumer capitalism. The book contributes...
The People's Own Landscape
Nature, Tourism, and Dictatorship in East Germany
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
East Germany’s Socialist Unity Party aimed to placate a public well aware of the higher standards of living enjoyed elsewhere by encouraging them to participate in outdoor activities and take vacations in the countryside. Scott Moranda considers East Germany’s rural landscapes from the perspective...
Bridging the Information Gap
Legislative Member Organizations as Social Networks in the United States and the European Union
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
Legislative member organizations (LMOs)—such as caucuses in the U.S. Congress and intergroups in the European Parliament—exist in lawmaking bodies around the world. Unlike parties and committees, LMOs play no obvious, predefined role in the legislative process. They provide legislators with opportunities...
Shakin' All Over
Popular Music and Disability
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
Given the explosion in recent years of scholarship exploring the ways in which disability is manifested and performed in numerous cultural spaces, it’s surprising that until now there has never been a single monograph study covering the important intersection of popular music and disability. George...
The Influence of Campaign Contributions in State Legislatures
The Effects of Institutions and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Campaign contributions are widely viewed as a corrupting influence but most scholarly research concludes that they have marginal impact on legislative behavior. Lynda W. Powell shows that contributions have considerable influence in some state legislatures but very little in others. Using a national...