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Sofia Perez

Associate Professor, Political Science at Boston University

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Boston University

Professor Perez is a specialist in political economy in BU’s Department of Political Science. She teaches comparative politics and courses on the politics of immigration.

Perez’s work has centered on the politics of economic regulation in Europe. She has published and co-authored books on financial regulation (Banking on Privilege: The Politics of Spanish Financial Reform, Cornell University Press in 1997, Capital Ungoverned: Liberalizing Finance in Interventionist States, Cornell University Press in 1996), and numerous journal articles and book chapters on financial regulation, exchange rate policy, European monetary integration, social pacts,  wage bargaining, and immigration policy in Europe.

Her articles have appeared in the International Studies Quarterly, Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Journal of European Public Policy and Governance. She is currently working on a book project on the politics of  immigration policy and welfare states in Europe.

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Catalonia Votes For Independence; Spain Says It Won’t Happen

November 10, 2014

NPR “Morning Edition” Sofia Perez, College of Arts & Sciences Residents of Barcelona and its surrounding region have voted overwhelmingly to break away from Spain and form their own country in Europe. But that doesn’t mean it will happen anytime soon… Expert quote: “More likely, I think, is a return to negotiations over the way […]

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Catalan voters favor independence from Spain, early results show

November 10, 2014

Los Angeles Times Sofia Perez, College of Arts & Sciences More than 80% of voters participating in Catalonia’s weekend independence poll endorsed breaking away from Spain, initial results showed early Monday… Expert quote: “More likely, I think, is a return to negotiations over the way in which Catalonia is financed, and some sort of compromise […]

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How economic despair pushed Spain to embrace a new party

June 9, 2014

Washington Post “Monkey Cage Blog” By Sofia Perez, College of Arts & Sciences Events over the last few weeks in Spain have surprised many observers. A new party –Podemos  (“We can”) – got an unexpectedly high vote in elections to the European Parliament. This has shaken up the party system, long dominated by two large […]

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Podemos, or how the European elections helped trigger the early exit of a king

June 7, 2014

Open Democracy By Sofia Perez, College of Arts & Sciences Last week’s European elections showed a striking splintering of the party vote in Spain, a country whose national electoral rules severely punish smaller parties that aim to have a national reach… View full article by expert Sofia Perez

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