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STEPHEN S. SMITH
Biography
Professor Smith received his Ph.D. from Stanford University and has been
at Winthrop since 1990. In addition to being a professor of
Political Science, he is a member of the African American studies committee,
faculty advisor to Winthrop's Socialist Student Union, and coordinator
of the William J. Blough Undergraduate Essay Contest sponsored by the
department every spring.
Most of Professor Smith’s
research deals with desegregation, education policy, and urban
politics. He also writes about the many problems involved in the use of
the trendy term social capital and is beginning a comparative study of
antiwar movements in U.S. history. His book
Boom for Whom? Desegregation,
Education, and Development in Charlotte
was published in 2004 by the
State University of New York Press. He served as an expert witness for
the NAACP’s Legal Defense & Educational Fund in the 1999 trial of the
reactivated Swann
(Charlotte school desegregation) case.
Selected
Publications
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It May Be Social,
but Why Is It Capital? The Social Construction of Social Capital
and the Politics of Language. Jessica Kylynych and Stephen
Samual Smith. Politics and Society Vol 30 no 1 March
2002.
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All That
Glitters is Not Gold: School Reform in Charlotte-Mecklenburg.
Roslyn Arlin Mickelson and Stephen S Smith. Educational
Evaluation and Policy Analysis. Summer 2002 Vol 22 No 2.
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Boom For Whom?
Education, Desegregation and Development in Charlotte. Stephen
Samuel Smith, 2004. SUNY Press.
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"Electoral
Structures, Venue Selection and the (New?) Politics of School
Desegregation.", with Karen M. Kedrowski, Stephen Samuel Smith
and Joseph Ellis. Perspectives on Politics 2004.
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“’Your Father Works for My Father:’ Race,
Class, and the Politics of Voluntarily Mandated Desegregation.”
Teachers’ College Record.
Smith, Stephen Samuel, Karen M. Kedrowski,
Joseph Ellis and Judy Longshaw. 2006 (electronic) 2008 (paper).
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Liberty, Equality and ... Social Capital?
found in Social Capital: Critical Perspectives on Community
and "Bowling Alone". 2002 NYU Press.
Courses
Taught
(selected syllabi are linked)
PLSC 201: American Government
PLSC 202: State and Local Government
PLSC 315: Urban Politics
PLSC 321: Public Policy and Policy
Analysis
PLSC 355: Political
Ideologies
PLSC 512: Politics and Education
PLSC 640: Politics and Literature of
Antiwar Movements
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