Books published by University of British Columbia Press

Challenges received notions about women's political involvement and engagement with the state in Meiji Japan by exploring the activism of members of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.

This important work undertakes a detailed comparative analysis of Forest Stewradship Council environmental standards, and their implications for global governance and regulatory theory.

This volume addresses the theoretical and practical relationships among the feminization of migrant labour, the ethics of care, and social policy in the new global economy.

Providing a postcolonial critique of the modern university, this book argues that attempts by universities to be inclusive are unsuccessful because they do not embrace indigenous worldviews. It advocates a shift in the approach to cultural conflicts within the academy and proposes a logic, grounded in principles central to indigenous philosophies.

Catherine Dauvergne examines the relationship between migration laws and national identities and highlights the role of humanitarianism in this linkage.

A timely and insightful volume, The OECD and Transnational Governance fills an important gap in the literature on global governance.

This guide is a primer on Canadian legal and scientific clean air issues. It is intended to provide an accessible way for citizens across Canada to become informed about air issues and to serve as a practical reference source for those working to protect air resources.

The Yearbook contains articles of lasting significance in the field of international legal studies.

The Yearbook contains articles of lasting significance in the field of international legal studies.

The Yearbook contains articles of lasting significance in the field of international legal studies.

The Yearbook contains articles of lasting significance in the field of international legal studies.

The Yearbook contains articles of lasting significance in the field of international legal studies.

The Yearbook contains articles of lasting significance in the field of international legal studies.

By exploring circuits of migration and personal exchange between Toronto and Jamaica, this book maps a new way to look at postcolonial contact zones and transnational migration.

Employs a sophisticated theoretical framework and diverse sources to trace the birth and growth of a Metis community in northern Saskatchewan.

A history of failed attempts to replace the Sea King maritime helicopter reveals the political nature and shortcomings of the Canadian defence procurement process.

A history of the modern concept of water that traces how a scientific abstraction has helped to produce a global crisis.

This vivid account of the creation of three public monuments in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside offers unique insights into the links between power, public space, and social memory and asks us to reconsider the nature and role of civic art.

Bow takes a close look at four major bilateral disputes between Canada and the United States to show that - contrary to some reports - the US has not made coercive linkages between issues to get its own way.

Investigates the impact of American Protestant missions on modern Japan and Japanese-American relations.

This book explores how antimodern nostalgia and modern sensibilities about the landscape, child rearing, and identity shaped the history of summer camps.

This book examines surveillance as both cause and effect of social and political problems.

Drawing upon insights from law and politics, Multi-Party Litigation outlines the historical development, political design, and regulatory desirability of multi-party litigation strategies in cross-national perspective and describes a battle being fought on multiple fronts by competing interests.

A fresh analysis of the evolving role of the provinces in Canadian foreign trade policy.

This book critically examines the commercialization of today's universities, under increasing economic pressure to develop human capital, science, and technology.

A fascinating exploration of the tavern as a significant and fluid social space in colonial Canada.

This book demonstrates how global human rights norms intersected with domestic political identities and institutions to transform Canada and Germany into diverse multicultural societies in the second half of the twentieth century.

This book asks whether the doors to women's participation in Canadian public life are more open than in the past and probes how they can be opened further.