Books published by The University of Michigan Press

Takes a new look at twentieth-century Turkey, asking whether its current condition was inevitable; what it will take for Turkish women and men to regain their lost freedoms; and what the Turkish case means for the prospects of freedom and democracy elsewhere.

Provides an inquiry into community college first-year pedagogy and policy at a time when change has not only been called for but also mandated by state lawmakers. The book also acknowledges new policies that are eliminating developmental and remedial writing courses.

Deploying global numerical data on US foreign aid and comparative historical analysis of America's post-Cold War foreign policies in Southeast Asia, Aid Imperium provides the most comprehensive explanation that links US strategic assistance to physical integrity rights outcomes in recipient countries.

Analyzing the invisible abled body through the work of Joyce, Beckett, Egerton, and Bowen

Examines novels that depict human rights violations in order to explore causes of intergroup violence within diverse societies, using Germany as a test case. In these texts, the book shows that an exaggeration of difference between minority and majority groups leads to violence.

Provides an in-depth study of parts of Central Asia and Afghanistan that remain marginalized from the larger region. Suzanne Levi-Sanchez provides nine case studies, each an independent look at an informal organisation, but also part of a larger picture that helps the reader understand the key role that informal organisations play.

Argues that what appears to be public opinion backlash against gay rights is more consistent with elite-led mobilization - a strategy used by anti-gay elites, primarily white evangelicals, seeking to prevent the full incorporation of LGBT Americans in the polity in order to achieve political objectives and increase their political power.

Focusing on the 1950s and '60s, when theatre art occupied a prominent political and cultural role in Maoist China, this book investigates the theories and practice of socialist theatre and their effects on a range of genres, including Western-style spoken drama, Chinese folk opera, dance drama, Shanghai opera, Beijing opera, and rural theatre.

Examines the intersection of race, political sermons, and social justice. Drawing on 44 national and regional surveys conducted between 1941 and 2019, Faith without Works Is Dead explores how racial experiences impact the degree to which religion informs social justice attitudes and political behaviour.