SIA Director Mitchell P. Smith publishes new book, ‘The Great Perceptual Divide’

UNIVERSITY PARK, PA—Penn State School of International Affairs Director Mitchell P. Smith recently published his new book, The Great Perceptual Divide: Identity and Democracy in the U.S. and Britain.

The book examines the role of identity in fostering deep perceptual divides in both American and British politics, asking: How do we make sense of the divisive political landscape we find ourselves in? The book concludes with actionable paths forward to lead society back to good-willed partisanship.

He is also the author of States of Liberalization (SUNY Press, 2005), which examines the impact of the European Union's single market on the role of the public sector in West European countries, and Environmental and Health Regulation in the United States and the European Union: Protecting Public and Planet (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), a comparative study of environmental regulation in the United States and European Union.

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BIO: An expert in comparative and international political economy, with a particular emphasis on European integration, Penn State School of International Affairs Director Mitchell P. Smith has been a Fulbright Fellow in European Union Affairs and a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels, Belgium. He also has been a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy.