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Conflict in Caledonia

Aboriginal Land Rights and the Rule of Law

A powerful account of how land disputes reflect complex and often competing understandings of law, landscape, and identity among First Nations and non-Aboriginal people in Canada.

Awards

2012, Winner - Canadian Law & Society Association Book Prize

  • Copyright year: 2011
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Canada's Road to the Pacific War

Intelligence, Strategy, and the Far East Crisis

An intriguing account of Canada’s role as a Pacific power during the crisis that led to war with Japan.

Awards

2012, Shortlisted - John W. Dafoe Book Prize, J. W. Dafoe Foundation

  • Copyright year: 2011
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Voluntary Sector Organizations and the State

Building New Relations

This book traces developments in the voluntary sector in Canada since the early 1990s, offering an up-to-date portrait of the federal government’s evolving relationship with voluntary organizations.

Awards

2014, Winner - ANSER/ARES Book Prize, Association for Nonprofit and Social Economy Research

  • Copyright year: 2011
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Against Orthodoxy

Studies in Nationalism

This volume challenges conventional approaches to the study of nationalism in the context of its violent resurgence.

Awards

, Commended - The Hill Times List of Top 100 Best Books for 2013

  • Copyright year: 2011
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Westward Bound

Sex, Violence, the Law, and the Making of a Settler Society

Through the study of hundreds of criminal cases, Westward Bound explores how encounters between the courts and ordinary people on the Canadian Prairies contributed to the construction of race, class, and gender hierarchies in a settler society.

Awards

2012, Commended - Canadian Law & Society Association Book Prize

  • Copyright year: 2011
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Feminist Ethics and Social Policy

Towards a New Global Political Economy of Care

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.

Awards

, Commended - The Hill Times List of Top 100 Best Books for 2012

  • Copyright year: 2011
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