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Legal traditions respond to social and economic environments.

Recent Canadian foreign policy has fixated upon Canada's former status as a middle power within a small club of western, democratic states.

During the twentieth century, child care policy in British Columbia matured in the shadow of a persistent political uneasiness with working motherhood.

In this book, Christopher McKee traces the origins and development of treaty negotiations in British Columbia.

Non-lethal weapons take many forms – from rubber bullets to electroshock and long-range acoustic devices – which their proponents argue are ethical, legal, and humane.

This updated edition of Treaty Talks in British Columbia traces the origins and development of treaty negotiations in the province and includes a postscript, co-authored with Peter Colenbrander, th

The Tea Party. The Occupy Movement. Idle No More. Around the world, popular social movements are challenging the status quo. Yet most democracies are seeing a decline in voter turnout.

Delgamuukw. Mabo. Ngati Apa. Recent cases have created a framework for litigating Aboriginal title in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

Non-governmental organizations have increased dramatically in China since the 1970s, despite operating in a restrictive authoritarian environment.

Caught in the trap of the nation-state and frozen in postwar bloc logic, critical political economy has been found wanting when it comes to problematizing space and scale.

In 1974, India shocked the world by detonating a nuclear device.

Although fifty years have passed since Lester Pearson stepped down as prime minister, he still influences debates about Canada’s role in the world.

Municipalities face important water supply challenges. One response has been to render utilities independent from municipal government through alternative service delivery (ASD).

Advances in agricultural genomics could help address pressing global issues such as world hunger.

Income, education, employment, housing, the wider environment, and social supports; far more than the actions of physicians, nurses, and other health care providers, it is these conditions that mak