Political Science / Environmental Politics

Fracking Uncertainty investigates the politics of hydraulic fracturing regulation in and among Canada’s provinces.

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.