University Of Michigan Press imprint: 1020 books
Where Women Run
Gender and Party in the American States
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2010
Why don’t more women run for office? Why are certain states more likely to have female candidates and representatives? Would strengthening political parties narrow the national gender gap? Where Women Run addresses these important questions through a rare and incisive look at how candidates are...
Citizen Rauh
An American Liberal's Life in Law and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2010
"Joe Rauh was the type of lawyer who comes along maybe once in a generation---talented, politically astute, effective, and stubbornly devoted to principles, the type of person who not only could but did make a difference. He deserves a biography that explores not only his persona, but the America...
Art and the Market
Roger Fry on Commerce in Art, Selected Writings, Edited with an Interpretation
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2010
Roger Fry, a core member of the Bloomsbury Group, was involved with all aspects of the art market as artist, critic, curator, historian, journalist, advisor to collectors, and gallery operator. He is especially remembered as the person who introduced postimpressionist art to Britain.
Reprinted...
Trust beyond Borders
Immigration, the Welfare State, and Identity in Modern Societies
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2010
Will immigration undermine the welfare state? Trust beyond Borders draws on public opinion data and case studies of Germany, Sweden, and the United States to document the influence of immigration and diversity on trust, reciprocity, and public support for welfare programs. Markus M. L. Crepaz demonstrates...
Between a River and a Mountain
The AFL-CIO and the Vietnam War
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2010
Between a River and a Mountain details American labor's surprisingly complex relationship to the American war in Vietnam. Breaking from the simplistic story of "hard hat patriotism," Wehrle uses newly released archival material to demonstrate the AFL-CIO's continuing dedication to social,...
When Protest Makes Policy
How Social Movements Represent Disadvantaged Groups
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2011
"A must-read for scholars across a broad sweep of disciplines. Laurel Weldon weaves together skillfully the theoretical strands of gender equality policy, intersectionality, social movements, and representation in a multimethod/level comparative study that unequivocally places women's movements...
by Deborah D Moore
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2009
"Displays the full range of informed, thoughtful opinion on the place of Jews in the American politics of identity."
---David A. Hollinger, Preston Hotchkis Professor of American History, University of California, Berkeley
"A fascinating anthology whose essays crystallize the...
Defacing Power
The Aesthetics of Insecurity in Global Politics
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2010
"Combining a rich and varied set of theoretical insights with a subtle analysis of the politics of American foreign policy, Defacing Power marks an important contribution toward understanding the power of identity in world politics. Engagingly written and rigorously argued, Steele's challenging...
Opposition and Intimidation
The Abortion Wars and Strategies of Political Harassment
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
The abortion fight has long been a crucible of political tactics, with both sides employing strategies ranging from litigation to civil disobedience to outright violence. Anti-abortion activists have arguably been more tactically innovative than their pro-choice peers. Opposition and Intimidation...
Integrity and Agreement
Economics When Principles Also Matter
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2009
"Two impressive features of this book are its clarity of purpose and the breadth of disciplinary resources to which it appeals."
---Geoffrey Brennan, Professor of Economics, Australian National University
"Facing massive evidence that people do not act generally as self-regarding...
The Troubles in Ballybogoin
Memory and Identity in Northern Ireland
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2010
". . . Bill Kelleher brings the reader in to the heart of Northern Ireland and its long, tragic conflict. Northern Ireland, in all its complexity, is authentically rendered."
-Robert Connolly, writer and co-director, The Road to Reconciliation
". . . this exemplary ethnography...
Transformation and Trouble
Crime, Justice and Participation in Democratic South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2009
Crime is one of the major challenges to any new democracy. Violence often increases after the lifting of authoritarian control, or in the aftermath of regime change. But how can a fledgling democracy fight crime without violating the fragile rights of its citizens? In Transformation and Trouble, accomplished...
Institutional Change in American Politics
The Case of Term Limits
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2009
Legislative term limits adopted in the 1990s are in effect in fifteen states today. This reform is arguably the most significant institutional change in American government of recent decades. Most of the legislatures in these fifteen states have experienced a complete turnover of their membership;...
by Ole Rudolf Holsti
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2009
Thoroughly revised edition of an essential text, incorporating a wealth of new material on American foreign policy since 9/11.
The second edition of this concise masterwork includes vast amounts of new material on American foreign policy in the post-9/11 era, including the war in Iraq. Holsti...