- Steve Smith (academic)
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footnotes =Steve Smith, AcSS, (born [4 February 1952] ), is a prominent
international relations theorist,professor , and senioruniversity manager. In October 2002 [ [http://www.exeter.ac.uk/about/vc.shtml The University of Exeter - About the University - University Management Team - The Vice-Chancellor ] ] he succeededGeoffrey Holland asVice-Chancellor of theUniversity of Exeter , and since 2006 has been Chair of the Board of the1994 Group .Steve Smith has a BSc in Politics and International Studies, an MSc in International Studies and a
PhD in International Relations, all from theUniversity of Southampton . During his academic career he has written or edited 13 books, written nearly 100 academic papers and has given over 150 academic presentations in 22 countries. His most widely read work (co-authored with the late Professor Martin Hollis) is "Explaining and Understanding International Relations ", published by Oxford University Press. He is the editor of the prestigious Cambridge University Press / British International Studies Association series.Professor Smith's career has included positions as Director of the Centre for Public Choice Studies at the
University of East Anglia and Head of the Department of International Politics at theUniversity of Wales, Aberystwyth , a department he built up to a position of international recognition. In 2003 - 2004 he was President of theInternational Studies Association (ISA), only the second non-American to receive this honour; in 1999 he had been awarded the Association's Susan Strange Award for challenging received wisdom in the discipline. In 2000 Professor Smith was elected as anAcademician of the Social Sciences (AcSS). In April 2007, he was awarded an honorary professorship byJilin University inChina [http://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/newsvc.shtml] .Within International Relations theory, Smith often writes in a post-positivist vein, and has contributed articles to edited volumes on both
post-modernism in IR andcritical security studies .Bibliography
*"Foreign Policy Adaptation", (Gower, 1981).
*"Politics and Human Nature", co-edited with Ian Forbes, (Pinter, 1983).
*"International Relations: British and American Approaches", (Blackwell, 1985).
*"The Cold War Past and Present", co-edited with Richard Crockatt, (Allen and Unwin, 1987).
*"Belief Systems and International Relations", co-edited with Richard Little, (Blackwell, 1988).
*"British Foreign Policy: Tradition, Change, and Transformation", co-edited with Michael Smith and Brian White, (Unwin Hyman, 1988).
*"Explaining and Understanding International Relations", with Martin Hollis, (Clarendon Press, 1990).
*"Deciding Factors in British Politics", co-edited with John Greenaway and John Street, (Routledge, 1991).
*"European Foreign Policy: The European Community and Changing Perspectives in Europe", co-edited with Walter Carlsnaes, (Sage, 1994).
*"International Relations Theory Today", co-edited with Ken Booth, (Polity Press, 1995).
*"International Theory: Positivism and Beyond", co-edited with Ken Booth and Marysia Zalewski, (Cambridge University Press, 1996).
*"The Globalization of World Politics", 1st/2nd/3rd ed., co-edited with John Baylis, (Oxford University Press, 1997/2001/2005).References
External links
* http://www.exeter.ac.uk/about/vc.shtml
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NAME = Smith, Steven
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Smith, Steve (short form)
SHORT DESCRIPTION = International Relations theorist,Vice-Chancellor of theUniversity of Exeter
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