Professor Graham Smith

Graham Smith

BSc MSc PhD

School of Social Sciences
University of Southampton
Southampton
SO17 1BJ

Position: Professor of Politics
Telephone: (023) 8059 3308
Email: G.M.Smith@soton.ac.uk

Biography

BSc 1988 University of Bradford

MSc 1992 University of Manchester

PhD 1997 University of Southampton

Research interests

Democratic theory and practice, in particular democratic innovations

Environmental politics

Social economy / third sector

2009-2012 'The Third Sector and the Environment' research project (with Milena Buechs), part of the ESRC/OTS-funded Third Sector Research Centre programme of research

2007-2009 ESRC-funded research project 'Rediscovering the Civic' see CCD website

PhD Supervision

I am happy to supervise students in areas related to my research interests.

I am currently supervising postgraduates in areas including: 'the psycho-social barriers to sustainable practices', 'a Boolean analysis of democratic innovations' and 'the civic/public contribution of religious institutions and communities in Southampton'.

Please feel free to contact me with proposals.

Teaching activities

Director of FDTL5 Teaching Citizenship in Higher Education project www.soton.ac.uk/citizened

POLI6002 Democratic Innovations

POLI2006 Democracy and the Modern State

INTR6016 Green Politics

INTR2003/3003 Green Politics

Work in progress

Papers from the 'Rediscovering the Civic' research project, in particular analysing an online deliberative experiment

Prospects for Citizenship - book manuscript with Chris Armstrong, Momoh Banya, Andrew Mason, Tony McGrew, David Owen and Gerry Stoker

'Social Economy, Social Enterprise and the Theory of Associative Democracy'

'Faciliation and Deliberation' - with Corinne Wales

'Designing Deliberative Forums in Germany and the UK: The Practitioner Perspective' - with Emmeline Cooper

Politics and the Environment (third edition) - with James Connelly and David Benson

Roles

Head of Division

Selected publications

Books
 Graham Smith 2009 Democratic Innovations: Designing Institutions for Citizen Participation. Cambridge University Press.
 Graham Smith 2003 Deliberative Democracy and the Environment. Routledge.
 James Connelly and Graham Smith 2003 Politics and the Environment: From Theory to Practice. Routledge., second edition
Chapters in books
 Graham Smith 2005 Democratic Deliberation and Environmental Policy: Opportunities and Barriers in Britain. In Paehlke, R. and Torgerson, D. (eds), Managing Leviathan: Environmental Politics and the Administrative State. Ontario: Broadview.
 John Barry and Graham Smith 2005 Green Political Economy and the Promise of the Social Economy. In Dauvergne P (ed.), International Handbook of Environmental Politics (pp. 249-69). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
 Gerry Stoker, Graham Smith, William Maloney and Stephen Young 2004 Voluntary Organisations and the Generation of Social Capital. In Boddy, M. and Parkinson, M. (eds), City Matters: Competitiveness, Cohesion and Urban Governance. Policy Press.
 Graham Smith 2004 Liberal Democracy and the Shaping of Environmental Citizenship. In Wissenburg, M. and Levy, Y. (eds), Liberal Democracy and Environmentalism: The End of Environmentalism? (pp. 139-151). Routledge.
 William Maloney, Graham Smith and Gerry Stoker 2001 Social Capital and the City. In Edwards, B., Foley, M. and Diani, M. (eds), Beyond Tocqueville: Civil Society and the Social Capital Debate in Comparative Perspective (pp. 83-96). University of New England Press.
 Graham Smith 2000 Toward Deliberative Institutions. In Saward, M. (eds), Democratic Innovations: deliberation, representation and association (pp. 60-72). Routledge.
Articles in journals
 Graham Smith 2009 Revitalising Politics Through Democratic Innovation? Representation, 45, 3, 257-62.
 Graham Smith 2009 Deliberativna demokracija i javnosti u malom (Deliberative Democracy and Mini-publics). Politicka misao, 45, 3-4, 27-58.
 Peter John, Graham Smith and Gerry Stoker 2009 Nudge, Nudge, Think, Think: Two Strategies for Changing Civic Behaviour. Political Quarterly, forthcoming
 Graham Smith and Roger Ottewill 2008 Teaching Citizenship in Higher Education. European Political Science, 7, 135-43.
 Graham Smith 2005 Green Citizenship and the Social Economy. Environmental Politics, 14(2), 274-289.
 Graham Smith and Susan Stephenson 2005 The Theory and Practice of Group Representation: Reflections on the Politics of Race Equality in Birmingham. Public Administration, 83(2), 323-343.
 Graham Smith, Gerry Stoker and William Maloney 2004 Building Social Capital in Cities: Scope and Limitations. Political Studies, 52, 508-530.
 Graham Smith 2001 Taking Deliberation Seriously: Green Politics and Institutional Design. Environmental Politics, 10, 3, 72-93.
 Graham Smith and Corrine Wales 2000 Citizens' Juries and Deliberative Democracy. Political Studies, 48, 1, 51-65.
 William Maloney, Graham Smith and Gerry Stoker 2000 Social Capital and Urban Governance: Adding a More Contextualised 'Top-Down' Perspective. Political Studies, 48, 4, 802-820.
 Graham Smith and Corrine Wales 1999 The Theory and Practice of Citizens' Juries. Politics and Policy, 27, 295-308.
Reports
 Lawrence Pratchett, Catherine Durose, Vivien Lowndes, Graham Smith, Gerry Stoker and Corinne Wales 2009 Empowering communities to influence local decision making: systematic review of the evidence. Department for Communities and Local Government.
 Graham Smith 2005 Beyond the Ballot : 57 democratic innovations from around the world. Report to The Power Inquiry, a centenary inquiry established by the Rowntree Charitable and Reform Trusts. Download a copy