Miriam Smith
Professor
Law & Society (LASO)
Office: 720 Ross Building South
Phone: 416 736 2100 Ext: 33581
Email: mcsmith@yorku.ca
Primary website: Research Gate
Canadian & U.S. politics, public policy, public law, social movements, sexuality and politics
Degrees
Ph.D., Political Science, Yale UniversityB.A. (First Class Honours in Political Science), McGill University
Research Interests
A Civil Society?: Collective Actors in Canadian Political Life, 2nd edition revised and updated (Toronto: University of Toronto Press Higher Education, 2018).
Group Politics and Social Movements in Canada 2nd ed. (Toronto: University of Toronto Press Higher Education, 2014) . Edited.
Political Institutions and Lesbian and Gay Rights in the United States and Canada (New York and London: Routledge, 2008; paperback edition 2009).
Critical Policy Studies (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2007). Edited with Michael Orsini.
A Civil Society?: Collective Actors in Canadian Political Life (Peterborough and Toronto: Broadview Press and University of Toronto Press, 2005).
New Trends in Canadian Federalism. 2nd edition. (Peterborough, Ont.: Broadview Press, 2003) . Edited with François Rocher.
Lesbian and Gay Rights in Canada: Social Movements and Equality-Seeking, 1971-1995 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999).
Constitutional Politics: The Canadian Forum Book on the Federal Constitutional Proposals, 1991-92 (Toronto: Lorimer, 1992). Edited with Duncan Cameron.
“Federalism, Courts, and LGBTQ Policy in Canada.” In Cheryl Collier, Joan Grace and Jill Vickers (eds.) Handbook of Gender, Diversity and Federalism (Surrey, UK: Edward Elgar, 2020), 107-119. Open access.
“LGBT Politics in Anglo-American Democracies.” In Michael J. Bosia, Sandra M. McEvoy and Momin Rahman (eds.) Oxford Handbook of Global LGBT and Sexual Diversity Politics. Published online: June 2019. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190673741.013.13
“Historical Institutionalism and Same-Sex Marriage: A Comparative Analysis of the U.S. and Canada.” In Bronwyn Winter, Maxime Forest and Réjane Senac eds. Global Perspectives on Same-Sex Marriage: A Neo-Institutional Approach (London: Palgrave MacMillan, 2018).
“LGBT Rights and Citizenship Regimes in the Neoliberal Age.” In Mireille Paquet, Nora Nagels and Aude-Claire Fourot, Citizenship as a Regime: Canadian and International Perspectives (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2018): 97-117.
“Homonationalism and the Comparative Politics of LGBTQ Rights,” In Marla Brettschneider, Susan Burgess and Cricket Keating (eds.) LGBTQ Politics: A Critical Reader (New York: New York University Press, 2017): 458-476
“Political Institutions and LGBTQ Activism in Comparative Perspective,” in David Paternotte and Manon Tremblay (eds.) Ashgate Companion to Lesbian and Gay Activism (Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2015).
“LGBTQ Activism: The Pan-Canadian Political Space,” in Manon Tremblay (ed.) Queer Mobilizations: Social Movement Activism and Canadian Public Policy (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2015): 45-63.
“The Challenge for Social Movements and Interest Groups in the Publicity State,” in Kirsten Kozolanka (ed.) Publicity and the Canadian State (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2014): 262-280.
“Social Movements and Human Rights: Gender, Sexuality and the Charter in English-Speaking Canada,” in Stephen Heathorn (ed.) Taking Liberties: Historicizing 20th Century Human Rights in the English-Speaking World (Toronto: Oxford University Press Canada, 2013).
"Canada: The Power of Institutions," in Manon Tremblay, Carol Johnson and David Paternotte (eds.) The Lesbian and Gay Movement and the State: Comparative Insights into a Transformed Relationship (Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate).
“Federalism and LGBT Rights in the U.S. and Canada: A Comparative Policy Analysis," in Melissa Haussman, Marion Sawer and Jill Vickers (eds.) Federalism, Feminism and Multilevel Governance (Farnham, UK: Ashgate, 2010): 97-110.
“Introduction” and “Queering Public Policy: A Canadian Perspective,” in Michael Orsini and Miriam Smith (eds.) Critical Policy Studies (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2007).
“Héritage institutionnaliste de la science politique au Canada anglais,” Politique et Sociétés 21 : 3 (December 2002) : pp. 113-138. Translated. (Expanded and revised as “Institutionalist Legacies in English Canadian Political Science,” in André Lecours (ed.) New Institutionalism: Theory and Analysis (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005).
"Reluctant Recognition: The Liberal Government and Lesbian and Gay Rights," in Leslie A. Pal (ed.) How Ottawa Spends, 1998-99: The Post-Deficit Mandate (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1998): 293-314.
“Conflicting Visions of Canadian Federalism,” in Rocher and Smith (eds.) New Trends in Canadian Federalism (Peterborough, Ont.: Broadview Press, 1995). With François Rocher.
Revised and updated in Rocher and Smith (eds.) New Trends in Canadian Federalism (Peterborough, Ont.: Broadview Press, forthcoming 2003). With François Rocher. [Co-authored equally]
“Retrenching the Sacred Trust: Medicare and Canadian Federalism,” in Rocher and Smith (eds.) New Trends in Canadian Federalism (Peterborough, Ont.: Broadview Press, 1995).
Revised and updated as “Health Care and Canadian Federalism,” in Rocher and Smith (eds.) New Trends in Canadian Federalism (Peterborough, Ont.: Broadview Press, 2003). With Antonia Maioni.
“Le choc des identités au Canada: du rejet de la dualité à la quête d’une identité plurielle,” in François Rocher (dir.) Bilan Québécois du fedéralisme canadien (Montreal: VLB Editeur, 1992): pp. 79-92. Translated.
“Quebec-Canada Association: Divergent Paths to a Common Economic Agenda,” in Daniel Drache and Roberto Perin (eds.) Negotiating with a Sovereign Quebec (Toronto: Lorimer, 1992): pp. 61-70.
“Homophobia and Homonationalism: LGBTQ Law Reform in Canada.” Social & Legal Studies (Online First, January 11, 2019). Open Access.
"Invisible Populations: LGBTQ People and Federal Health Policy in Canada,” Canadian Public Administration 57: 2 (June 2014): pp. 234-255. With Nick Mulé.
“Interview with Chris Bearchell, Lasqueti Island, 1996.” Journal of Canadian Studies 48: 1 (Winter 2014): pp. 252–75.
“Evidence and Equity: Struggles over Federal Employment Equity Policy in Canada, 1984-1995," Canadian Public Administration 54: 3 (2011). With John Grundy.
“Gender Politics and the Same-Sex Marriage Debate in the U.S.” Social Politics 17: 1 (March 2010): 1-28.
"Social Movements, Knowledge and Public Policy: The Case of Autism Activism in Canada and the U.S." Critical Policy Studies 4: 1 (April 2010): 38-57. With Michael Orsini.
“Legal Struggles and Political Resistance: Same-Sex Marriage in Canada and the U.S.” Sexualities 11: 6 (December 2008): 667-687. With Nancy Nicol.
"Activist Knowledges in Queer Politics,” Economy and Society 36: 2 (May 2007): 295- 318. With John Grundy.
"Framing Same-Sex Marriage in Canada and the United States: Goodridge, Halpern and the National Boundaries of Political Discourse,” Social and Legal Studies. 16: 1 (March 2007): 5-26.
“The Impact of the Charter: Untangling the Effects of Institutional Change,” International Journal of Canadian Studies 36 (Fall 2007): 17-40.
“Diversity and Identity in the Nonprofit Sector: Lessons from LGBT Organizing in Toronto, Canada,” Social Policy & Administration 39: 5 (October 2005): 463-480.
“Identités queer : Diaspora et organisation ethnoculturelle et transnationale des lesbiennes et des gais à Toronto,” Lien social et Politiques (Spring 2005). Translated.
“Resisting and Reinforcing Neoliberalism: Lesbian and Gay Organizing at the Federal and Local Levels in Canada,” Policy & Politics 33: 1 (January 2005): 75-93.
“Social Movements and Judicial Empowerment: Courts, Public Policy and Lesbian and Gay Organizing in Canada,” Politics & Society 33: 2 (June 2005): 327-353.
“The Politics of Multiscalar Citizenship: The Case of Lesbian and Gay Organizing in Canada,” Citizenship Studies 9: 4 (September 2005): 389-404. With John Grundy.
“The Politics of Same-Sex Marriage in Canada and the United States,” PS: Political Science and Politics XXXVIII: 2 (April 2005): 225-28.
“Segmented Networks: Linguistic Practices in Canadian Lesbian and Gay Rights Organizing,” Ethnicities 4: 1 (March 2004):99-124.
“Questioning Heteronormativity: Lesbian and Gay Challenges to Educational Practice in British Columbia, Canada,” Social Movement Studies 3: 2 (October 2004): 131-145.
“Ghosts of the JCPC: Group Politics and Charter Litigation in Canadian Political Science,” Canadian Journal of Political Science 35: 1 (March 2002): 3-29.
“Recognizing Same Sex Relationships: The Evolution of Recent Federal and Provincial Policies,” Canadian Public Administration 45: 1 (Spring 2002): 1-23.
“Political Activism, Litigation and Public Policy: The Charter Revolution and Lesbian and Gay Rights in Canada, 1985-1999,” International Journal of Canadian Studies 21 (Spring 2000): 81-110.
“Nationalisme et politiques des mouvements sociaux : les droits des gais et lesbiennes et l’incidence de la charte canadienne au Québec,” Politique et Sociétés XVII : 3 (1998): 113-140. Translated.
"Social Movements and Equality-Seeking: The Case of Gay Liberation in Canada," Canadian Journal of Political Science XXXI: 2 (June 1998): 285-309.
“Bourgeois Revolutions? The Policy Consequences of Resurgent Conservatism,” Comparative Political Studies 25: 4 (January 1993): pp. 487-520. With Paul Pierson.
"Sexual Orientation and Religion: Sorting Out Policy Conflicts." Paper presented at the Policy Dialogue on Balancing Competing Human Rights, York Centre for Public Policy and Public Law, March 4-5, 2010.
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall/Winter 2022 | AP/SOSC2351 6.0 | A | Human Rights in a Social-Legal Context | LECT |
Upcoming Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer 2023 | AP/SOSC4360 6.0 | A | Social Movements and Legal Mobilization | ONLN |
Canadian & U.S. politics, public policy, public law, social movements, sexuality and politics
Degrees
Ph.D., Political Science, Yale UniversityB.A. (First Class Honours in Political Science), McGill University
Research Interests
All Publications
“Federalism, Courts, and LGBTQ Policy in Canada.” In Cheryl Collier, Joan Grace and Jill Vickers (eds.) Handbook of Gender, Diversity and Federalism (Surrey, UK: Edward Elgar, 2020), 107-119. Open access.
“LGBT Politics in Anglo-American Democracies.” In Michael J. Bosia, Sandra M. McEvoy and Momin Rahman (eds.) Oxford Handbook of Global LGBT and Sexual Diversity Politics. Published online: June 2019. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190673741.013.13
“Historical Institutionalism and Same-Sex Marriage: A Comparative Analysis of the U.S. and Canada.” In Bronwyn Winter, Maxime Forest and Réjane Senac eds. Global Perspectives on Same-Sex Marriage: A Neo-Institutional Approach (London: Palgrave MacMillan, 2018).
“LGBT Rights and Citizenship Regimes in the Neoliberal Age.” In Mireille Paquet, Nora Nagels and Aude-Claire Fourot, Citizenship as a Regime: Canadian and International Perspectives (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2018): 97-117.
“Homonationalism and the Comparative Politics of LGBTQ Rights,” In Marla Brettschneider, Susan Burgess and Cricket Keating (eds.) LGBTQ Politics: A Critical Reader (New York: New York University Press, 2017): 458-476
“Political Institutions and LGBTQ Activism in Comparative Perspective,” in David Paternotte and Manon Tremblay (eds.) Ashgate Companion to Lesbian and Gay Activism (Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2015).
“LGBTQ Activism: The Pan-Canadian Political Space,” in Manon Tremblay (ed.) Queer Mobilizations: Social Movement Activism and Canadian Public Policy (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2015): 45-63.
“The Challenge for Social Movements and Interest Groups in the Publicity State,” in Kirsten Kozolanka (ed.) Publicity and the Canadian State (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2014): 262-280.
“Social Movements and Human Rights: Gender, Sexuality and the Charter in English-Speaking Canada,” in Stephen Heathorn (ed.) Taking Liberties: Historicizing 20th Century Human Rights in the English-Speaking World (Toronto: Oxford University Press Canada, 2013).
"Canada: The Power of Institutions," in Manon Tremblay, Carol Johnson and David Paternotte (eds.) The Lesbian and Gay Movement and the State: Comparative Insights into a Transformed Relationship (Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate).
“Federalism and LGBT Rights in the U.S. and Canada: A Comparative Policy Analysis," in Melissa Haussman, Marion Sawer and Jill Vickers (eds.) Federalism, Feminism and Multilevel Governance (Farnham, UK: Ashgate, 2010): 97-110.
“Introduction” and “Queering Public Policy: A Canadian Perspective,” in Michael Orsini and Miriam Smith (eds.) Critical Policy Studies (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2007).
“Héritage institutionnaliste de la science politique au Canada anglais,” Politique et Sociétés 21 : 3 (December 2002) : pp. 113-138. Translated. (Expanded and revised as “Institutionalist Legacies in English Canadian Political Science,” in André Lecours (ed.) New Institutionalism: Theory and Analysis (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005).
"Reluctant Recognition: The Liberal Government and Lesbian and Gay Rights," in Leslie A. Pal (ed.) How Ottawa Spends, 1998-99: The Post-Deficit Mandate (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1998): 293-314.
“Conflicting Visions of Canadian Federalism,” in Rocher and Smith (eds.) New Trends in Canadian Federalism (Peterborough, Ont.: Broadview Press, 1995). With François Rocher.
Revised and updated in Rocher and Smith (eds.) New Trends in Canadian Federalism (Peterborough, Ont.: Broadview Press, forthcoming 2003). With François Rocher. [Co-authored equally]
“Retrenching the Sacred Trust: Medicare and Canadian Federalism,” in Rocher and Smith (eds.) New Trends in Canadian Federalism (Peterborough, Ont.: Broadview Press, 1995).
Revised and updated as “Health Care and Canadian Federalism,” in Rocher and Smith (eds.) New Trends in Canadian Federalism (Peterborough, Ont.: Broadview Press, 2003). With Antonia Maioni.
“Le choc des identités au Canada: du rejet de la dualité à la quête d’une identité plurielle,” in François Rocher (dir.) Bilan Québécois du fedéralisme canadien (Montreal: VLB Editeur, 1992): pp. 79-92. Translated.
“Quebec-Canada Association: Divergent Paths to a Common Economic Agenda,” in Daniel Drache and Roberto Perin (eds.) Negotiating with a Sovereign Quebec (Toronto: Lorimer, 1992): pp. 61-70.
A Civil Society?: Collective Actors in Canadian Political Life, 2nd edition revised and updated (Toronto: University of Toronto Press Higher Education, 2018).
Group Politics and Social Movements in Canada 2nd ed. (Toronto: University of Toronto Press Higher Education, 2014) . Edited.
Political Institutions and Lesbian and Gay Rights in the United States and Canada (New York and London: Routledge, 2008; paperback edition 2009).
Critical Policy Studies (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2007). Edited with Michael Orsini.
A Civil Society?: Collective Actors in Canadian Political Life (Peterborough and Toronto: Broadview Press and University of Toronto Press, 2005).
New Trends in Canadian Federalism. 2nd edition. (Peterborough, Ont.: Broadview Press, 2003) . Edited with François Rocher.
Lesbian and Gay Rights in Canada: Social Movements and Equality-Seeking, 1971-1995 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999).
Constitutional Politics: The Canadian Forum Book on the Federal Constitutional Proposals, 1991-92 (Toronto: Lorimer, 1992). Edited with Duncan Cameron.
“Homophobia and Homonationalism: LGBTQ Law Reform in Canada.” Social & Legal Studies (Online First, January 11, 2019). Open Access.
"Invisible Populations: LGBTQ People and Federal Health Policy in Canada,” Canadian Public Administration 57: 2 (June 2014): pp. 234-255. With Nick Mulé.
“Interview with Chris Bearchell, Lasqueti Island, 1996.” Journal of Canadian Studies 48: 1 (Winter 2014): pp. 252–75.
“Evidence and Equity: Struggles over Federal Employment Equity Policy in Canada, 1984-1995," Canadian Public Administration 54: 3 (2011). With John Grundy.
“Gender Politics and the Same-Sex Marriage Debate in the U.S.” Social Politics 17: 1 (March 2010): 1-28.
"Social Movements, Knowledge and Public Policy: The Case of Autism Activism in Canada and the U.S." Critical Policy Studies 4: 1 (April 2010): 38-57. With Michael Orsini.
“Legal Struggles and Political Resistance: Same-Sex Marriage in Canada and the U.S.” Sexualities 11: 6 (December 2008): 667-687. With Nancy Nicol.
"Activist Knowledges in Queer Politics,” Economy and Society 36: 2 (May 2007): 295- 318. With John Grundy.
"Framing Same-Sex Marriage in Canada and the United States: Goodridge, Halpern and the National Boundaries of Political Discourse,” Social and Legal Studies. 16: 1 (March 2007): 5-26.
“The Impact of the Charter: Untangling the Effects of Institutional Change,” International Journal of Canadian Studies 36 (Fall 2007): 17-40.
“Diversity and Identity in the Nonprofit Sector: Lessons from LGBT Organizing in Toronto, Canada,” Social Policy & Administration 39: 5 (October 2005): 463-480.
“Identités queer : Diaspora et organisation ethnoculturelle et transnationale des lesbiennes et des gais à Toronto,” Lien social et Politiques (Spring 2005). Translated.
“Resisting and Reinforcing Neoliberalism: Lesbian and Gay Organizing at the Federal and Local Levels in Canada,” Policy & Politics 33: 1 (January 2005): 75-93.
“Social Movements and Judicial Empowerment: Courts, Public Policy and Lesbian and Gay Organizing in Canada,” Politics & Society 33: 2 (June 2005): 327-353.
“The Politics of Multiscalar Citizenship: The Case of Lesbian and Gay Organizing in Canada,” Citizenship Studies 9: 4 (September 2005): 389-404. With John Grundy.
“The Politics of Same-Sex Marriage in Canada and the United States,” PS: Political Science and Politics XXXVIII: 2 (April 2005): 225-28.
“Segmented Networks: Linguistic Practices in Canadian Lesbian and Gay Rights Organizing,” Ethnicities 4: 1 (March 2004):99-124.
“Questioning Heteronormativity: Lesbian and Gay Challenges to Educational Practice in British Columbia, Canada,” Social Movement Studies 3: 2 (October 2004): 131-145.
“Ghosts of the JCPC: Group Politics and Charter Litigation in Canadian Political Science,” Canadian Journal of Political Science 35: 1 (March 2002): 3-29.
“Recognizing Same Sex Relationships: The Evolution of Recent Federal and Provincial Policies,” Canadian Public Administration 45: 1 (Spring 2002): 1-23.
“Political Activism, Litigation and Public Policy: The Charter Revolution and Lesbian and Gay Rights in Canada, 1985-1999,” International Journal of Canadian Studies 21 (Spring 2000): 81-110.
“Nationalisme et politiques des mouvements sociaux : les droits des gais et lesbiennes et l’incidence de la charte canadienne au Québec,” Politique et Sociétés XVII : 3 (1998): 113-140. Translated.
"Social Movements and Equality-Seeking: The Case of Gay Liberation in Canada," Canadian Journal of Political Science XXXI: 2 (June 1998): 285-309.
“Bourgeois Revolutions? The Policy Consequences of Resurgent Conservatism,” Comparative Political Studies 25: 4 (January 1993): pp. 487-520. With Paul Pierson.
"Sexual Orientation and Religion: Sorting Out Policy Conflicts." Paper presented at the Policy Dialogue on Balancing Competing Human Rights, York Centre for Public Policy and Public Law, March 4-5, 2010.
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall/Winter 2022 | AP/SOSC2351 6.0 | A | Human Rights in a Social-Legal Context | LECT |
Upcoming Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer 2023 | AP/SOSC4360 6.0 | A | Social Movements and Legal Mobilization | ONLN |
