Steven S. Smith
Encyclopedia
Steven S. Smith is the Director of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy, the Kate M. Gregg Distinguished Professor of Social Sciences, and Professor of Political Science at Washington University in St. Louis
. He served on the faculties of George Washington University
, Northwestern University
, and the University of Minnesota
and was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution
. Smith is one of the leading scholars of legislative institutions and congressional politics. He served as editor of Legislative Studies Quarterly and chaired the Legislative Studies Section of the American Political Science Association
.
Smith has authored or edited many books on U.S. congressional politics
and parliamentary politics
in Russia
, including a 2007 book, Party Influence in Congress (Cambridge).
Smith's monograph
s include Call to Order: Floor Politics in the House and Senate (Brookings), Politics or Principle: Filibustering in the United States Senate (Brookings), with Sarah Binder, and The Politics of Institutional Choice: The Formation of the Russian State Duma (Princeton), with Thomas Remington.
Smith's textbook on congressional politics, The American Congress (Cambridge), is in its sixth edition; the later editions were coauthored with Jason Roberts and Ryan Vander Wielen.
Smith edited popular readers for undergraduates
: The Principles and Practices of American Politics (CQ Press), four editions with Samuel Kernell, and The American Congress Reader (Cambridge), with Roberts and Vander Wielen.
Smith's edited volume, Reforming the Presidential Nomination Process, with Melanie Jane Springer, was published by Brookings in 2009.
Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis is a private research university located in suburban St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1853, and named for George Washington, the university has students and faculty from all fifty U.S. states and more than 110 nations...
. He served on the faculties of George Washington University
George Washington University
The George Washington University is a private, coeducational comprehensive university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States...
, Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
, and the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
and was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution
Brookings Institution
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, D.C., in the United States. One of Washington's oldest think tanks, Brookings conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics, metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, and...
. Smith is one of the leading scholars of legislative institutions and congressional politics. He served as editor of Legislative Studies Quarterly and chaired the Legislative Studies Section of the American Political Science Association
American Political Science Association
The American Political Science Association is a professional association of political science students and scholars in the United States. Founded in 1903, it publishes three academic journals...
.
Smith has authored or edited many books on U.S. congressional politics
United States Congress
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....
and parliamentary politics
Parliamentary system
A parliamentary system is a system of government in which the ministers of the executive branch get their democratic legitimacy from the legislature and are accountable to that body, such that the executive and legislative branches are intertwined....
in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, including a 2007 book, Party Influence in Congress (Cambridge).
Smith's monograph
Monograph
A monograph is a work of writing upon a single subject, usually by a single author.It is often a scholarly essay or learned treatise, and may be released in the manner of a book or journal article. It is by definition a single document that forms a complete text in itself...
s include Call to Order: Floor Politics in the House and Senate (Brookings), Politics or Principle: Filibustering in the United States Senate (Brookings), with Sarah Binder, and The Politics of Institutional Choice: The Formation of the Russian State Duma (Princeton), with Thomas Remington.
Smith's textbook on congressional politics, The American Congress (Cambridge), is in its sixth edition; the later editions were coauthored with Jason Roberts and Ryan Vander Wielen.
Smith edited popular readers for undergraduates
Undergraduate education
Undergraduate education is an education level taken prior to gaining a first degree . Hence, in many subjects in many educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a bachelor's degree, such as in the United States, where a university entry level is...
: The Principles and Practices of American Politics (CQ Press), four editions with Samuel Kernell, and The American Congress Reader (Cambridge), with Roberts and Vander Wielen.
Smith's edited volume, Reforming the Presidential Nomination Process, with Melanie Jane Springer, was published by Brookings in 2009.