Caroline E. Arnold
Associate 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 the dynamics of industrialization and globalization in India and Turkey. She teaches courses on the political economy of development, comparative politics, and research methods.
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
Arnold, Caroline E. (forthcoming). "Labour Recruitment in Global Production Networks: The Ruralisation of Labour Regimes in South India's Garment and Textile Industries," Journal of Contemporary Asia. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2021
Adnan Naseemullah and Caroline E. Arnold, "The Politics of Developmental State Persistence: Institutional Origins, Industrialization and Provincial Challenge," Studies in Comparative International Development, March 2015, Vol. 50, No. 1, pp. 121-142. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2015
"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: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 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: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 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: Book Chapter) 2012
"Cotton Textile Production in Colonial India." World History Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 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: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2010
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
PSC-CUNY Grant, 2015. (Grants and Fellowships) 2015
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
With Adnan Naseemullah. "The Rise and Demise of Postcolonial Corporatism in India," Winter 2021 Comparative Labor Politics Workshop, American Political Science Association, Labor Politics Related Group, March 2021. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2021
Author Meets Critics Commentator: "Ruling before the Law - the Politics of Legal Regimes in China and Indonesia" by William Hurst (Cambridge University Press 2018), Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics' 30th Annual Conference, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2018
Author Meets Critics Commentator: "Strategic Coupling--East Asian Industrial Transformation in the New Global Economy" by Henry Wai-chung Yeung (Cornell University Press 2018), Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics' 30th Annual Conference, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2018
"From Industrial Center to Financial Hub: Changes in Mumbai's Industrial Landscape," Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics' 29th Annual Conference, University of Lyon 1-Claude Bernard, Lyon, France. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2017
Author Meets Critics Commentator: "Development after Statism: Industrial Firms and the Political Economy of South Asia" By Adnan Naseemullah (CUP 2016), Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics' 29th Annual Conference, University of Lyon 1-Claude Bernard, Lyon, France. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2017
With Adnan Naseemullah. "Post-Colonial Corporatism" and "The Construction of Political Orders," American Political Science Association, San Francisco, September 2017. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2017
"Global Value Chains and Dependency: A Reassessment," American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA, September 2016. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2016
Author Meets Critics Commentator: "Paper Tigers, Hidden Dragons and the Wider Implications of China's High-Technology Development Path" by Douglas B. Fuller (OUP 2016), Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics' 28th Annual Conference, University of California, Berkeley. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2016
"Multiple Sources and Levels of Analysis in Firm-Centered Comparative Research," American Political Science Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015
"Politics of Safety Inspection Regimes: Institutional Responses to Rana Plaza," Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics' 27th Annual Conference, July, London School of Economics, London. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015
With Sara Jane McCaffrey, "From Private Governance to State Regulation of Ethical Markets?" Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics' 27th Annual Conference, July, London School of Economics, London. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015
"Author Meets Critics: Richard Doner, The Politics of Uneven Development: Thailand's Economic Growth in Comparative Perspective," Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics' 26th Annual Conference at University of Chicago/Northwestern University, July, Chicago, IL. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014
"Production Matters: The International Sources of Industrialization in India and Turkey." Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, April 3-6. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014
"Provisioning Global Production: Indian Industrialists and the Daily Organization of Clothing Production," Industry Studies Association Annual Meeting, May, Portland, OR. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014
"Provisioning Global Production: The Infrastructural Underpinnings of Indian Clothing Production," Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics' 26th Annual Conference at University of Chicago/Northwestern University, July, Chicago, IL. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014
"The Infrastructure of Global Production: Indian Industrialists, the Politics of Public Services and International Clothing Production," American Political Science Association Annual Conference, August, Washington, DC. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014
With Sara Jane McCaffrey, "What's in a Scandal?: Brand Responses to the Rana Plaza Collapse?" Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics' 26th Annual Conference at University of Chicago/Northwestern University, July, Chicago, IL. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014
"Setting Standards: Production Organization, Labor Codes and Inequality in Global Value Chains." Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics' 25th Annual Conference. University of Milan. Milan, Italy, June. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
"Subnational Comparative Analysis: Progress and Prospects" roundtable. Comparative Politics at the American Political Science Association Annual Conference. Chicago, August. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
Arnold, Caroline and Nikolaos Biziouras. "Economic and Political Outcomes of the Compulsory Population Exchange." Turkish-Greek Compulsory Population Exchange in Its 90th Year: New Findings, New Approaches Conference. Koç University. Istanbul, November. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2013
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
Committee on Promotion and Tenure, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Political Science representative, 2019-current. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2021
Member, Phi Beta Kappa Admissions Committee, 2008-16, 2020-current. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2021
Network co-organizer, Network B: "Globalization and Development," Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics, 2013-current. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2021
Executive Council (elected), Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics, 2020-2023. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2020
Chair, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Department of Political Science, 2013-16. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2016
Member, Policy Council, Brooklyn College, 2013-16. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2016
Member, Policy Council Executive Committee, Policy Council, Brooklyn College, 2013-15. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2015
Co-chair, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Department of Political Science, 2012-13. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2013
Coordinator, Department Outcomes Assessment, 2008-09, 2013. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2013
Member, Islamic Studies Search Committee, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2013-14. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2013
Chair, Undergraduate Scholarship Committee, Department of Political Science, 2008-12. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2012
Member, Faculty Council Ad Hoc Committee on Aligning Faculty Workload with College Goals, 2010-12. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2012
Member, Political Science Department Search Committee, 2012-13. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2012
Member, New Faculty Fund Committee, 2010-11. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2011
Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Department of Political Science, 2007-11. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2011
