Paul C. Clement (August 1, 2010)
985 Iris Lane, Baldwin Harbor, NY 111510
516.608.5065 (H) 917.847.1683 (C)
Paul_Clement@fitnyc.edu
OBJECTIVE
Full Professor (Tenured) Position in Economics
EXPERIENCE
08/23/2007–Present
FIT, SUNY
Tenured Assistant Professor of Economics
New York, NY
08/23/2006–08/23/2007 FIT, SUNY
Assistant Professor of Economics
New York, NY
08//23/2004–08/23/2006 FIT, SUNY
Instructor of Economics
New York, NY
9/1992–09/2004
FIT, SUNY
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Economics
New York, NY
01/2006–Present
Nassau Community College
Adjunct Professor of Economics
Garden City, NY
01/2005–01/2006
Nassau Community College
Adjunct Associate Professor of Economics
Garden City, NY
 Macroeconomics ●Microeconomics ●Personnel Finance
09/1990–01/2005
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Economics
 Macroeconomics ●Microeconomics ●Personnel Finance
9/1998–Present
St. Francis College
Brooklyn Heights, NY
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Economics
●Money and Banking ● Macroeconomics ●Microeconomics ●Labor Economics
●Health Economics, ● Economic Issues
01/1993- 6/1993
Full Time Instructor, Economics
9/1990–1/1993
Brooklyn College
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Economics
● Money and Banking ●Macroeconomics ●Microeconomics
Brooklyn, NY
 International Trade ●Corporate Finance ●Operations Management ●Labor Economics
Other Institutions (Adjunct Assistant Professor of Economics)
 Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus
 New York Institute of Technology
 Touro College
Brookville, NY
East Islip, NY
Brooklyn, NY
ELECTED POSITION
EDUCATION
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Executive Committee, FIT Faculty Senate, Spring 2011- Spring 2013.
Treasurer, UCE of FIT Spring 2007 to present.(Re-Elect May 2009, May 2011)
Assistant Treasurer, UCE of FIT Fall 2006-Spring 2007
Tenure and Promotion Committee (Social Sciences) 10/23/2007-Present.
Trustee UCE of FIT Scholarship Fund Fall 2006 to present.
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New School University
New York, NY
 PhD in Political Science
 Dissertation Topic: The Politics of Regional Integration in the Developing World: A Case
Study of the Caribbean Community
2003
 M.A. Political Science
New School University
New York, NY
1989
 M.A. Economics, (Honors)
Brooklyn College (CUNY)
Brooklyn, NY
1988
B.S. Accounting
2007
Brooklyn College (CUNY)
Brooklyn, NY
 Cornell University, Certificate (ILR) Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
RESEARCH AREAS
 International Political Economy, International Trade, Economic Development
PUBLICATIONS
ARTICLES
ARTICLES
 “Rational Expectations and Adaptive Expectations” in the Teaching Economist. William A.
McEachern, ed. Issue 13, Spring 1997 (OH: Thompson/South Western Publishers, 1997).
2011
PROFESSIONAL
CONFERENCES
CHAIR, Eastern Economic Association. New York Sheraton, February 2011
Panelist, Diversity in the Workplace, FIT Conference , Fall 2010
2010
The Politics of Regional Integration in the Developing World: The Case of the Caribbean
Community (CARICOM). The Lehman College, CUNY, Economic Globalization,
Development and Integration Conference. Lehman College, 250 Bedford Park Blvd West,
Bronx, NY. April 14, 2010.
2010
Faculty Unionization – Adjuncts Succeed, Full Timers Hesitate. Union For Radical Political
Economics, Global Climate Change and Capitalism Conference. July 30-August 2. Epworth
Center, High Falls, NY.
2007
 Transforming Learning with Technology: Critical Challenges. Workshop Leader. FIT
Liberal Arts Retreat IBM Palisades Conference Center. October 19-20.
10/05/2007
"Labor in the Global Economy” New York State Sociological Association 55th Annual
Meetings. St. Francis College, Brooklyn NY 11201. October 5-6 2007.
2006
 “The Economic Effects of Hurricane Katrina.” FIT State University of New York. New York
2/9/06. (Black History Month Economic Panel 2/9/06).
2006
 “Mentoring Strategies for College Professors.” FIT Liberal Arts Retreat IBM Palisades Conference
Center. February 10-11, 2006
2006
 “A Perspective on Economics and Psychology.”(Psychology and Beyond: The Interdisciplinary
Dimensions of the Discipline). Farmingdale State University 20th Annual Teaching of Psychology
Conference.” Monticello, New York. 03/29-03/31, 2006
03/18/2005
 "Testing Economic Principles in the Labor Market: A Term Project.” Eastern Sociological
Society 75th Annual Meeting.Wyndham Washington D.C.
10/1993
 "The Quest For Economic Development in the Caribbean," CUNY Economics and Finance
Conference, Baruch College
EDITORIAL
ACTIVITIES
PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIPS
2010-2012
COMMITTEES
SPECIAL SKILLS
1998-2000
 The Immigrant’s Journal (Editor)
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American Economic Association (AEA)
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Faculty Senate Executive Committee 2012
American Political Science Association (APSA)
New York State United Teachers (NYSUT)
New York State United Teachers (NYSUT)
Diversity Strategic Planning Committee 2011
Diversity Council Fall 2008 – Spring 2011
Middle States Committee, Fall 2010
Chair Search Committee, Tenure Track Position in Economics, Fall 2008 to Spring 2009
Search Committee, Director, Writing Center, Fall 2007 to Spring 2008
Search Committee, Tenure Track Position in Economics, Fall 2007 to Spring 2008
Coordinator, Political Action Committee, UCE-FIT (Spring 2005 – spring 2007)
Diversity Committee (UCE of FIT Representative Fall 2005 – Spring 2007).
Search Committee, Dean of Liberal Arts, Spring 2006 to Spring 2007
 Online Learning: Blackboard CE8
 Online Learning : Angel 7.4
PROFESSIONAL
NEGOTIATION TEAM
 FIT, 2004 Negotiation Team-Mediation. Martin Schienman, Arbitrator
 St. Francis College Adjunct Association/NYSUT, Original Contract Negotiation Team2010
INTERVIEWS
RADIO/NEWSPAPERS
 WBAI , 1997 Amy.
 W27 - New York State Proposed 2011 Budget. Interviewer: Veronica Heras
REFERENCES
Submitted Separately
THE POLITICS OF REGIONAL INTEGRATION IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD
A CASE STUDY OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM)
Dissertation Abstract
Paul C. Clement
The New School For Social Research
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Sanjay Ruparelia
This dissertation coordinates multiple methodologies and lines of research with the goal of understanding why the
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has failed to effectively deepen its integration process since July 4, 1989. I present
here results and insights from theory, and analytical history.
In chapter One, the dissertation presents a clear puzzle: why the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has failed to
effectively deepen its integration process since the signing of the Grand Anse Declaration on July 4, 1989? The first
chapter, explores key concepts such as deepening integration and widening integration, economic integration and
political integration as well as globalization and economic development. The research design is also explained and
theoretical framework outlined. The study identifies continued nationalistic priorities among member governments as a
key solution to the puzzle. Numerous studies have emphasized the effect of external factors on Caribbean integration.
However, few studies have examined the influence of internal factors on the regional integration process. Through a case
study of CARICOM’s efforts to create a Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME), the dissertation focuses on
three obstacles to Caribbean integration: the adherence of political leaders to national sovereignty, constitutional
arrangements and partisan politics. Using an inductive historical approach, the dissertation links the genesis of these
three obstacles to the failure of the West Indian Federation and suggests its collapse constrained the possibility of
CARICOM succeeding. The dissertation proposes the ‘pooling of sovereignty’ as an important initiative Caribbean
leaders can take toward effectively deepening the regional integration process.
The second Chapter explores the literature on the politics of regional integration.
The third Chapter explores the evolution of Caribbean integration.
In chapter Four, the dissertation examines the politics f regional integration in the Caribbean. The implementation rates
are computed and analyzed. This analysis allows us to identify whether the CSME is facing an implementation deficit or
not. The results are consistent with the latter: CARICOM is facing an implementation deficit. This approach allow us to
identify whether delayed integration is due to national sovereignty or external forces. The results are consistent with
Girvan’s. the CSME is facing an implementation deficit due to the governance structure of CARICOM. Implementation
rates indicate how many regional policies are blocked and the fact that policies must be approved by the local
parliaments implies the result is not external but internal. In my fourth chapter I construct a policy implementation
model of CARICOM implementation rates based on the seminal contributions of Norman Girvan (2005). By focusing
attention primarily on internal obstacles I uncover a pattern of events and obstacles which are linked to the era of the
failed West Indian Federation experiment. This is a new introduction to the literature. The study qualitatively conforms
to those identified by Norman Girvan with the important exception of the link to the failed Federation. This dissertation
should add to the seminal work of Norman Girvan to provide a powerful theoretical basis for empirical research into
rates of implementation which are tied to transparency of the issues that the protocols involve. Physical barriers are
easily observable, involving explicit controls on the movement of goods and individuals such as customs charges or
restrictions on importing personal effects. Technical barriers to the movement of goods are also quite visible, often
taking the form of conflicting standards or regulations on the capacities of trucks. The visibility of these measures may
explain why they are removed rather quickly once a protocol is negotiated requiring states to dismantle them. Other
technical barriers are less transparent, however. For example, these might include coordinating procedures on public
procurement contracts or vocational training qualifications. Lack of transparency means that it is either more difficult for
states to implement these directives or that they are more tempting targets for cheating. Either way we would expect to
see lower implementation rates. Technical barriers are harder to identify being buried within domestic legislation on the
treatment of labor, banking regulation, etc. Until they are clearly identified and their impact on the internal market
assessed, it is easier for states to overlook their implementation, either intentionally or through lack of information. Here
veto players are increased as well as asymmetric information. These patterns suggest a promising area for further
research on the implementation stage of regional integration lies in consideration of the impact of the transparency of the
agreed measures for cooperation.
I report two main results. First, consistent with the literature, the CSME is experiencing an implementation deficit.
Second, I found that the failure of the West Indian Federation constrained the possibility of CARICOM succeeding.
In chapter Four, I discuss national sovereignty priorities among member governments as an important that affect the
implementation of CARICOM’s policies at the national level. For empirical research into rates of implementation which
are tied to transparency of the issues that the protocols involve. Physical barriers are easily observable, involving explicit
controls on the movement of goods and individuals such as customs charges or restrictions on importing personal effects.
These patterns suggest a promising area for further research on the implementation stage of regional integration lies in
consideration of the impact of the transparency of the agreed measures for cooperation.
The Fifth chapter explores how national sovereignty influences the CSME’s integration process. We vary whether two
candidates national sovereignty rhetoric receive support or no support. Negative messages from parliamentarians may
may lead to loss of parliamentary votes. We find that negative attitude towards CARICOM In chapter Five, I introduce
constitutional arrangements in the model. By doing so I am able to analyze domestic influence at the implementation
stage. This expansion to the integration model renders the theory closer to real world examples, and therefore more
useful as a tool
In chapter Five, Six and Seven, I apply the theories to case studies in Trinidad and Tobago, and Jamaica. I find that both
theoretical frameworks provide useful tools for deepening our understanding of key moments under consideration.
However, the historic failure of the West Indian Federation required more careful consideration and exploration. I find
that the failure of the Federation constrained the possibility of CARICOM succeeding.
The seventh Chapter repeats the process for Jamaica. Again constitutional obstacles delays integration. Over time the
fact that the political culture is sticky and continued nationalistic priorities crystallized because independence and
sovereignty were conflated.
The final chapter develops a claim that the concept of “national sovereignty “in the Caribbean lost an important valence
of meaning in the 1960s
The numbers and the insistence on national sovereignty suggests that deepening integration cannot be understood outside
of the domestic politics context. It also implies that the safeguarding of national sovereignty cannot be limited to formal
rules.
First, I show that the case of Constitutional crisis in Trinidad and Tobago provides evidence of regional delay. Second, I
analyze how the attempt to implement the CCJ in Jamaica failed and delayed the integration process. Third I look at how
it influenced the integration process.
This paper provides evidence from CARICOM implementation records indicating that transparent protocols
implementation rates are higher than less transparent ones. The evidence implies, then, that deepening integration is tied
the transparency of protocols. This could have important implications for Caribbean integration.
Although Brewster and others have studied the CSME there is a large disconnect between the source of CARICOM’s
problems today and its current problems. Thus the main contribution of this paper is to bridge this gap by arguing that
the genesis of the obstacles stems, at least, in part, from the failure of the WIF. In particular we discuss.
This paper may be a useful resource for those hoping to gain a better understanding of the impact of domestic politics on
the regional integration process.