Carolyn Dudek

Professor of Political Science Hofstra University

  • Hempstead NY

Professor Dudek specializes in comparative politics with regional focuses in Europe and Latin America

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Biography

Carolyn M. Dudek, Ph.D. is Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science and Director of European Studies. She specializes in comparative politics with regional focuses in Europe and Latin America. She is the author of EU Accession and Spanish Regional Development: winners and losers, P.I.E., Peter Lang Press, which explores the domestic impact of European Union policies, including agricultural and cohesion policies. In addition, she has published several articles and book chapters on trans-Atlantic agricultural trade and regulatory disparities, Spanish politics, regional nationalism in Europe, European Union regional development policy and EU-Latin American relations.

Professor Dudek has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to Spain and spent a year doing field research in Galicia, Valencia and Madrid. In addition, she was awarded a post-doctoral summer fellowship at Columbia University's European Studies Institute, and prior to coming to Hofstra University, Professor Dudek was a Jean Monnet Fellow in the European Forum research group at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. She has also been a Fellow at Harris Manchester College, Oxford University.

Dudek was again awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to teach a graduate seminar in Spanish on comparative regional integration at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. In addition, she was invited to give lectures in Spanish on EU-Latin American relations at other universities in Argentina. During her six-month stay she conducted research concerning EU policies and their impact on EU-Latin American relations.

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Areas of Expertise

Latin American Politics
European Politics
Regional Economic Growth and Development
Fluent in Spanish

Accomplishments

Two Fulbright Grants

Professor Dudek has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to Spain and spent a year doing field research in Galicia, Valencia and Madrid.

In 2006 she was again awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to teach a graduate seminar in Spanish on comparative regional integration at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Education

University of Pittsburgh

Ph.D.

Political Science

1999

University of Pittsburgh

M.A.

Political Science

1996

Canisius College

B.A.

Political Science

1993

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish

Media Appearances

Spain’s 317 days without government explained

The Hofstra Chronicle  online

2016-11-19

In discussing her takeaway from the event, Professor Carolyn Dudek said, “Professor Gil-Torres not only explained the political challenges in Spain, but also made some interesting comparisons to the U.S. election and party system. She demonstrated stark differences such as the length of campaigns being shorter – only 15 days – and thus less costly. Also, Spain does not have a primary system and candidates are chosen by the party elites.”

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Clinton or Trump? World Viewers Weigh In

USA Today (video)  online

2016-09-27

No clear winners, but a solid performance from the Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton as she debated Donald Trump. That's the verdict from political analyst, Professor Carolyn Dudek of Hofstra University.

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Hillary Clinton se impone a Donald Trump en un tenso debate

EL ESPAÑOL  print

2016-09-27

El choque fue tenso, agresivo y sustancial. Y, en otros instantes, entretenido y superficial. Con dos estilos antagónicos en escena.

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Research Focus

Research interests include ...

Regional Economic Development, European Union-Latin American Relations, Spanish Politics, Clientelism, Decentralization/ Regionalism, Regional Integration, Domestic Effects of Regional Integration, Nationalism, Pension Reform.

Courses

Teaching interests

Comparative Politics, Politics of the European Union, West European Politics, Australian Politics, Regime European Politics, European Union, Democratic Transition, Regionalism in Western Europe, Regional Economic Development, Spanish Politics, Issues of Identity/Nationalism, Introduction to Research Methods, Latin American Politics, International Relations, Central European Politics.

Articles

Transmitting environmentalism? The unintended global consequences of European Union environmental policies

Global Environmental Politics

2013

Will European companies investing abroad be transmitters of EU environmental policies or environmental dumpers? This article utilizes a most-differentcases approach to analyze transnational corporation (TNC) behavior in countries with less stringent environmental standards. Drawing on rational institutionalism, the article examines two significant European business investments in Mercosur countries: paper pulp mills in Uruguay and fishing off the coast of Argentina. These cases demonstrate that EU environmental standards will be diffused beyond Europe's borders if significant fixed assets are involved, high levels of public awareness and action in response to environmental degradation are possible, and if the environmental policy of an industry is successfully implemented in Europe. Paper pulp milling in Uruguay fulfilled these conditions and TNCs, in this case applied EU standards. This was not so with TNC fishing practices in Argentina. Also, with high citizen attention, local companies will adopt similar environmental practices to those of their European counterparts, improving environmental practices even without domestic government regulations.

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The Shaping of EU-Mercosur Relations: From Altruism to Pragmatism and Liberalism to Illiberalism

PIttsburgh Paper on the European Union

2012

Deeply-embedded norms of liberalism and protectionism alongside EU policies focusing on promoting development and regional integration have shaped EU-Mercosur relations. These stand in stark contrast to the policies of the US, the historic hegemon in the region. This paper utilizes historical institutionalism to understand how the liberal tenets of EU competition policy and the protectionism of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) have affected EU-Mercosur relations...

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The European Union's Effect Upon Regional Economic Development and Regional Governments' Policy-Making Ability

Regional and Federal Studies

2010

Regional governments' policy-making capacity refers to the ability of regional governments to legislate, implement and regulate policies, as they deem appropriate...

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