Draft:Martin Steven

Martin Steven is a Senior Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion (PPR) at Lancaster University. He studied Politics and International Relations at Glasgow University. He is the Academic Coordinator of Jean Monnet at Lancaster. supported by the Jean Monnet Programme which aims to promote the study of the European Union more widely. He has published on the Politics of the European Union, European party politics, religion in politics. , nationalism and conservatism, including the concept of Eurorealism.

Eurorealism
Along with Benjamin Leruth of Groningen University, Steven has been one of a small number of academics to analyse and promote the use of the term Eurorealism associated with the European Conservatives and Reformists, in the scholarly literature on European integration. Steven argues that Eurorealism is not merely a synonym for Euro-scepticism, but rather a distinctive form of Conservatism, applying conservative principles of a small state ('free people, free market, free countries'). It can also be said to have associations with the broader Realism theory in International Relations.

Prizes
He was awarded the 2008 Political Studies Association prize for the best article in the journal, Politics.

Selected Works

 * Christianity and party politics: Keeping the faith. Routledge, 2010. ISBN 0-203-83416-X
 * Religious lobbies in the European Union: From dominant church to faith-based organisation?. In Religion, politics and law in the European Union (pp. 176-186). Routledge, 2013. ISBN 9781315876474
 * The European Conservatives and Reformists: Politics, Parties and Policies. Manchester University Press, 2020. ISBN 9781526139146