Department of Political Science

Political Science
1414 Social Sciences Building
267 19th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone: 612-624-4144
Fax: 612-626-7599
E-mail: polisci@umn.edu

Chair: Raymond D. Duvall

Teri Caraway

Political Science 1414 Soc Sci

Department Affiliations


Specialties

  • comparative political economy of labor
  • transnational labor issues
  • Southeast Asian politics
  • gender and comparative politics

Educational Background

  • Ph.D.: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 2002.
  • B.A.: Pomona College, Claremont, CA, 1989.

Publications

  • Assembling Women: The Feminization of Global Manufacturing. Caraway, Teri L., Cornell University/ILR Press, Author, 2007.
  • Explaining the Dominance of Legacy Unions in New Democracies: Comparative Insights from Indonesia: Caraway, Teri L., Comparative Political Studies, 41 (10) , (forthcoming - 2008).
  • Gendered Paths of Industrialization: A Cross-Regional Comparative Analysis: Caraway, Teri L., Studies in Comparative International Development, 41:1 26-52, Summer 2006.
  • Political Openness and Transnational Activism: Comparative Insights from Labor Activism: Caraway, Teri L., Politics & Society, 34:2 277-304, June 2006.
  • Freedom of Association: Battering Ram or Trojan Horse?: Caraway, Teri L., Review of International Political Economy, 13:2 210-232, May 2006.
  • The Political Economy of Feminization: From ‘Cheap Labor’ to Gendered Discourses of Work: Caraway, Teri L., Politics & Gender, 1:3 399-429, 2005.
  • Inclusion and Democratization: Class, Gender, Race, and the Extension of Suffrage: Caraway, Teri L., Comparative Politics, 36:4 443-460, 2004.
  • Protective Repression, International Pressure, and Institutional Design: Explaining Labor Reform in Indonesia: Caraway, Teri L., Studies in Comparative International Development, 39:1 28-49, 2004.

Research Activities

  • Fulbright Senior Scholar: Professor Caraway recently returned from a ten-month research leave in Indonesia
  • The impact of democratization on labor movements in developing and post-communist countries, 2004 - present
  • Cross-national analysis of trends in labor law reform, 2005 - present

Awards

  • Fulbright Scholar, 1998 - 1999

Courses Taught

  • POL 1909W - Freshman Seminar: Women, Gender, and Politics in the Global Political Economy
  • POL 3477 - Political Development
  • POL 4465 - Southeast Asian Politics
  • Pol 4489W - Citizens, Consumers, and Corporations
  • POL 8660 - Comparative Political Economy of Development
  • POL 8660 - Topics in Comparative Politics: Gender and Comparative Political Analysis
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