Caroline E. Arnold
Assistant Professor
Political Science
Location: 3615 James Hall
Phone: 718.951.5000 x1735
Fax: 718.951.4833
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Caroline Arnold's research focuses on patterns of late industrialization in India and Turkey. She teaches courses on the political economy of development, comparative politics and research methods. She regularly teaches courses in the department's research and writing-intensive sequence. She also teaches "Introduction to Global Politics," one of the two introductory courses offered by the Political Science Department.
Education:
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley - 2006 (Political Science)
M.A., University of California, Berkeley - 1997 (Political Science)
B.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - 1996 (Political Science)
Areas of Expertise:
Political economy of development, comparative political economy, Indian politics and political economy.
Books and Publications
"In the Service of Industrialization: Etatism, Social Services, and the Construction of Industrial Labour Forces in Turkey (1930-50)." Middle Eastern Studies 48.3, May: 363-85. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2012
"The Bombay Improvement Trust, Bombay Millowners and the Debate Over Housing Bombay's Millworkers, 1896-1918." Essays in Economic and Business History XXX: 105-23. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2012
"War, Population Exchange and State-building: Industrial Activity and Labor Force Construction in the Early Turkish Republic." Current Issues in Sociology: Work and Minorities. Ed. Gregory Katsas. Athens, Greece: Athens Institute for Education and Research. 125-37. Peer reviewed. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2012
"Cotton Textile Production in Colonial India." World History Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2011
"Where the Low Road and the High Road Meet: Flexible Employment in Global Value Chains." Journal of Contemporary Asia 40.4, November: 612-37. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2010
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Charles J. Kennedy Award, given annually to the author of the best article published in that year's issue of Essays in Economic and Business History. (Awards and Honors) 2012
Tow Travel Fellowship. (Grants and Fellowships) 2012
Best article of the year for 2010 in the Journal of Contemporary Asia for "Where the Low Road and the High Road Meet: Flexible Employment in Global Value Chains." (Awards and Honors) 2010
PSC-CUNY Grant, 2010-11. (Grants and Fellowships) 2010
Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation Fellowship for Outstanding Teaching in the Humanities, Brooklyn College. (Grants and Fellowships) 2009
PSC-CUNY Grant, 2008-09. (Grants and Fellowships) 2008
PSC-CUNY Grant, 2007-08. (Grants and Fellowships) 2007
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Arnold, Caroline and Nikolaos Biziouras. "Settling Nations: Regional Political Economies and the Greek-Turkish Population Exchange." International Studies Association Annual Convention. San Francisco, April 5. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
"Turkey." The Politics of Industrialization in the Developing World: Firms, States, and Global Value Chains Roundtable. Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics Annual Conference. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Cambridge, Mass., June 28-30. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012
Arnold, Caroline and Adnan Naseemullah. "Resettling the Nation: State-Building, Identities and the Consequences of Population Exchange in Pakistan and Turkey." Paper accepted and prepared for presentation at the American Political Science Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, Aug. 30-September. Conference cancelled due to Hurricane Isaac. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012
Arnold, Caroline and Anne Boatner. "Setting Standards: Production Organization, Labor, and Inequality in Coffee and Clothing Global Value Chains." North Central Sociological Association Annual Conference. Pittsburgh, April 12-15. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012
"From Hard Times to Economic Crisis: Gendered Employment Patterns in the Indian and Turkish Clothing Industries." International Studies Association annual convention. Montreal, March 16-20. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
"War, Population Exchange and State-building: Industrial Activity and Labor Force Construction in the Early Turkish Republic." 4th Annual International Conference on Mediterranean Studies. Athens Institute for Education and Research. April 20-23. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
"Historicizing Flexibility: Industrial Competition and Labor Recruitment in Colonial India." Economic and Business History Society annual conference. Braga, Portugal, May 27. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
"Late Industrialization in International Perspective: Capital Flows, Production Technologies and Changing Forms of International Production in India and Turkey." Western Political Science Association annual conference. San Francisco, April 1. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
"Late Industrialization in International Perspective: Historical Reflections on Turkish and Indian Industrialization." Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, April. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009
"Where the Low Road Meets the High Road: Flexible Employment Practices in Tiruppur (India) and Denizli (Turkey)." Submitted to workshop on "Multiple Flexibilities: Nation-States, Global Business and Precarious Labor." Social Science Research Council's Inter-Asian Connections Conference. Dubai, February 21-23. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008
"In the Service of Industrialization: Subnational Comparisons in the Study of Late Development." Annual American Political Science Association Meeting. Philadelphia, September. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006
Professional Leadership
Member, Phi Beta Kappa Admissions Committee, 2008-13. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2013
Member, ad hoc committee, Aligning Workload With College Goals. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2011
