The University of British Columbia Press is Canada’s leading social sciences publisher. With an international reputation for publishing high-quality works of original scholarship, our books draw on and reflect cutting-edge research, pushing the boundaries of academic discourse in innovative directions. Each year UBC Press publishes seventy new titles in a number of fields, including Aboriginal studies, Asian studies, Canadian history, environmental studies, gender and women’s studies, health and food studies, geography, law, media and communications, military and security studies, planning and urban studies, and political science.
China’s Asymmetric Statecraft
Alignments, Competitors, and Regional Diplomacy
China’s Asymmetric Statecraft uncovers the different narratives and paradigms that constitute Chinese foreign policy toward its weaker neighbours, alerting us to a dramatically changing international environment.
- Copyright year: 2023
Upholding Indigenous Economic Relationships
Nehiyawak Narratives
Upholding Indigenous Economic Relationships investigates Indigenous economic theories and relationships through the lenses of settler colonial exploitation and Indigenous resurgence.
- Copyright year: 2022
Global Health Security in China, Japan, and India
Assessing Sustainable Development Goals
Global Health Security in China, Japan, and India uses the targets set by the UN Sustainable Development Goals to conduct an impressively thorough assessment of coordinated health care in three major Asian countries.
- Copyright year: 2022
Family Law in Action
Divorce and Inequality in Quebec and France
Family Law in Action examines the inequalities produced by divorce and separation in France and Quebec.
- Copyright year: 2023
Forging Diasporic Citizenship
Narratives from German-Born Turkish Ausländer
Forging Diasporic Citizenship is a work of narrative research that explores the nature and implications of “diasporic citizenship” as it is evolving among German-born, Turkish-origin Berliners.
- Copyright year: 2022
Constitutional Crossroads
Reflections on Charter Rights, Reconciliation, and Change
Four decades after the adoption of the Constitution Act, 1982, Constitutional Crossroads assesses its legacy, focusing on the themes of rights, reconciliation, and constitutional change.
- Copyright year: 2022
Reckoning with Racism
Police, Judges, and the RDS Case
Reckoning with Racism is a riveting account of Canada’s most momentous race case, which drew in the country’s first Black female judge and spotlighted racist police practices.
- Copyright year: 2022
Born with a Copper Spoon
A Global History of Copper, 1830–1980
Born with a Copper Spoon tells the fascinating and far-reaching story of one of the world’s most important metals.
- Copyright year: 2022
The Political Party in Canada
The Political Party in Canada provides a comprehensive exploration of contemporary Canadian political party composition and organization and draws on rich original data to consider where power lies and how it is exercised.
- Copyright year: 2022
Revival and Change
The 1957 and 1958 Diefenbaker Elections
Revival and Change is a compelling account of the elections, accomplishments, challenges, failures, and ultimate end of the Diefenbaker era.
- Copyright year: 2022
Canadian Labour Policy and Politics
Canadian Labour Policy and Politics is essential reading for students seeking to understand the politics of inequality in Canada’s labour market and the policy agenda needed for greater economic equality and a sustainable green recovery.
- Copyright year: 2022
Cripping Intersex
Cripping Intersex explores the political, discursive, and embodied connections between intersex and disability to develop a radically innovative approach to intersex studies and activism.
- Copyright year: 2022