Benjamin Smith, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida, teaches courses on comparative politics, ethnicity and nationalism, oil in global politics, civil wars, and research design. His first book, Hard Times in the Land of Plenty: Oil Politics in Iran and Indonesia, was published in 2007 Cornell University Press and his second book, Rethinking the Resource Curse, is forthcoming in April 2021 with Cambridge. Smith's research has been published in World Politics, the American Journal of Political Science, Studies in Comparative International Development, the Journal of International Affairs, and other journals and edited volumes. From 2002 to 2004, he was an Academy Scholar at the Harvard Academy for InternationBenjamin Smith, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida, teaches courses on comparative politics, ethnicity and nationalism, oil in global politics, civil wars, and research design. His first book, Hard Times in the Land of Plenty: Oil Politics in Iran and Indonesia, was published in 2007 Cornell University Press and his second book, Rethinking the Resource Curse, is forthcoming in April 2021 with Cambridge. Smith's research has been published in World Politics, the American Journal of Political Science, Studies in Comparative International Development, the Journal of International Affairs, and other journals and edited volumes. From 2002 to 2004, he was an Academy Scholar at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies.
His research focuses on resource wealth and politics, national identity, social science research methods, and civil conflicts....more