Smith, David A(lden)

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SMITH, David A(lden)

SMITH, David A(lden). American, b. 1956. Genres: Third World. Career: University of South Carolina at Columbia, visiting assistant professor of sociology, 1983-84; University of California, Irvine, associate professor of sociology and urban planning, 1984-98, acting chairperson of department, 1993, 1996, professor, 1998-. Social Problems (academic journal), editor. Publications: (ed. with J. Borocz and contrib.) A New World Order? Global Transformations in the Late Twentieth Century, 1995; Third World Cities in Global Perspective: The Political Economy of Uneven Urbanization, 1996; (ed. with D. Solinger and S. Topik) States and Sovereignty in the Global Economy, 1999. Contributor to books. Contributor of articles and reviews to scholarly journals. Address: Department of Sociology, 3151 SSPA, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, U.S.A. Online address: dasmith@uci.edu

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