Political Science / Environmental Politics

Transformative Politics of Nature examines political barriers to land and wildlife conservation and presents possible transformative pathways forward that address both proximate and fundamental factors from Western and Indigenous perspectives.

Drawing from concrete examples in the contemporary Canadian context, this book gives readers the tools to think critically about Canadian environmental issues, ranging from theory to practice.

Boots on the Ground captures the lessons learned from some of Canada’s worst natural disasters to ensure all levels of government and the military are better prepared for the future.

Climate change was once understood as solely an environmental issue. A growing class of activists now claim climate change to be a gender, equity, labour, Indigenous rights, faith, and health issue.

Carbon Province, Hydro Province is a major contribution to both academic understanding and the vital question of how our federal and provincial governments can effectively work together, and thereby, for the first time, achieve a Canadian climate-change target.

In this volume, an interdisciplinary and internationally- situated group of experts consider the ways in which culture creates and transforms discourses and practices in decisions on agricultural land.

The Canadian Environment in Political Context is an introductory book on environmental policy in Canada for those with little background in politics and government.

This book introduces students to the complex policy dilemmas related to solving global environmental problems today.

Costly Fix examines the post-1995 Alberta tar sands boom, detailing how the state inflated the profitability of the tar sands and turned a blind eye to environmental issues.

Green Japan critically examines the Japanese effort to combine economic growth with commitments to environmental sustainability.

In Nuclear Portraits, scholars from Europe, North America, and Asia demonstrate the complexity, controversy, contradictions, and dangers that surround many aspects of the nuclear industry.

Business in a Changing Climate is the first book to ask major pollution emitting industries in Canada what their preferences are with respect to climate change.

In Water Policy Reform in Southern Alberta, B. Timothy Heinmiller looks at how and why these (and other) reforms were adopted after nearly a century of stasis on water policy.

First World Petro-Politics examines the vital yet understudied case of a first world petro-state facing related social, ecological, and economic crises in the context of recent critical work on fossil capitalism.

Cases of Conflict focuses on times of dispute as important moments in the development of international environmental law. Conflict tests international law—both its content and its relevance become clearer in times of controversy—but conflict can also help shape the law.

A must-read for anyone interested in Eastern Europe, Russia, and the politics of natural resources, this book reveals the insights gained by looking at post-Soviet development and international relations issues not only from a Moscow-centered perspective, but from that of individual actors in other states.