CLAUDIO J. KATZ
CURRICULUM VITAE
January 2006
Loyola University of Chicago
Department of Political Science
6525 N. Sheridan Road
Chicago, Illinois 60626
(773) 508-3068
914 Monroe
Evanston, Illinois 60202
(847) 328-5275
Present Position
Professor, Loyola University of Chicago
Department of Political Science
Areas of Specialization
Political Theory:
American Political Thought; Normative Political Economy;
Democratic Theory; Marxism
Professional Experience
Fall 2003present
Professor,
Loyola University - Chicago
Fall 1993 Spring 2002
Associate Professor,
Loyola University - Chicago
Fall 1989 Spring 1993
Assistant Professor,
Loyola University - Chicago
Fall 1984 Fall, 1989
Assistant Professor
Lake Forest College
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Education
1986
Doctor of Philosophy, Political Science
York University, Toronto, Canada
1976
Master of Arts, Political Science
York University, Toronto, Canada
1973
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Teaching Experience
Undergraduate Courses: Politics (including honors and writing intensive sections);
Political Justice; Modern Political Thought (including writing intensive sections); Socialism
(including writing intensive sections); Liberalism (including writing intensive sections).
Graduate Courses: Modern Political Thought; Nineteenth Century Political Thought;
Socialism; Liberalism; Selected Problems in Political Philosophy (“Progressivism”).
Doctoral Dissertation Committees: Chair (6 committees); Member (11 committees).
Faculty Advisor - Freshman Orientation and Registration (Summer 1997-Summer 2001;
2003).
Faculty Telecounseling Initiative (1998-2001)
Faculty Advisor - Committee for Pre-Law Advising (2002-present)
Publications
Book:
From Feudalism to Capitalism: Marxian Theories of Class Struggle and Social
Change (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press). November 1989.
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Articles:
“Thomas Jefferson’s Liberal Anticapitalism,” American Journal of Political Science 47
(January 2003): 1-17.
“Syndicalist Liberalism: The Normative Economics of Herbert Croly,” History of
Political Thought 22 (Winter 2001): 669-702.
"Private Property Versus Markets: Democratic and Communitarian Critiques of
Capitalism," American Political Science Review 91 (June 1997): 277-289.
"The Greek Matrix of Marx's Critique of Political Economy," History of
Political Thought 15 (Summer 1994): 229-248.
"Debating the Dynamics of Feudalism -- Challenges for Historical Materialism,"
Science and Society 58 (Summer 1994): 195-204.
"The Socialist Polis: Antiquity and Socialism in Marx's Thought," The Review of
Politics 56 (Spring 1994): 237-260.
"Karl Marx on the Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism," Theory and Society 22
(June 1993): 363-389.
"Marx on the Peasantry: Class in Itself or Class in Struggle?" The Review of
Politics 54 (Winter 1992): 50-71.
"Three Views of the Latin American Debt Crisis," co-authored with Vincent Mahler.
Cooperation and Conflict 2 (June 1992): 191-213.
"Social Benefits in Advanced Capitalist Countries," co-authored with Vincent Mahler.
Comparative Politics. 21 (October 1988): 37-51. [Reprinted in Comparing
Nations and Cultures, ed. Alex Inkeles and Masamichi Sasaki (Prentice Hall,
1996): 356-370.]
"The Impact of Taxes in Developed Capitalist Countries," co-authored with
Vincent Mahler and Michael Franz. Response to a criticism of our
December 1983 article. The American Political Science Review (March 1986): 255-257.
"The Impact of Taxes on Growth and Distribution in Developed Capitalist
Countries: A Cross National Study," co-authored with Vincent Mahler and
Michael Franz. The American Political Science Review. (December 1983):
871-886.
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Grants
Awarded: Paid Leave of Absence -- Spring Semester 2003
Paid Leave of Absence -- Spring Semester 1996.
Summer Research Grant -- Summer 1993.
Paid Leave of Absence -- Spring semester, 1992.
Mellon Core Award -- Spring semester, 1991.
Book Reviews
Review of Renewing Socialism: Democracy, Strategy, and Imagination, by Leo Panitch
(Westview Press, 2001), in the Canadian Journal of Political Science (June 2003): 475-6.
Review of Liberal Economics and Democracy: Keynes, Galbraith, Thurow and
Reich, by Conrad P. Waligorski (University Press of Kansas, 1997), in the
American Political Science Review (December 1997): 955-956.
Review of Marx Versus Markets, by Stanley Moore (Penn State Press, 1993), in the
Review of Politics (Winter 1995): 147-150.
Review of Households, by William James Booth (Cornell University Press, 1993), in
the Journal of Politics (August 1994): 851-3.
Review of The Pristine Culture of Capitalism, by Ellen Meiksins Wood (Verso 1992),
in Science and Society (Winter 1993-1994): 481-4.
Under Review
“Authoritarian Liberalism: Employment Law in the Early American Republic,” in The
History of Political Thought.
Convention Papers
“Thomas Jefferson’s Liberal Anticapitalism.” American Political Science Association
Annual Meeting. San Francisco. August 30-September 2, 2001.
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"Syndicalist Liberalism: The New Republic of Herbert Croly."
American Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Boston.
September 3-6, 1998.
"Private Property or Markets? The Moral Dilemmas of Liberal Economies." American
Political Science Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco. August 28-September 1,
1996.
"The Socialist Polis: Antiquity and Socialism in Marx's Thought." Midwest Political
Science Association Annual Meeting. Chicago. April 15-17, 1993.
"The Logic of Epochal Change: Karl Marx's Theory of Contradiction." Western
Political Science Association. San Francisco. March 19-21, 1992.
"Marx's Theory of the Proletariat: Class Struggle or Revolution?" American
Political Science Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco.
August\September 1990.
"Marx on the Peasantry: Class In Itself Or Class In Struggle?" American Political
Science Association Annual Meeting. Chicago. August/September 1987.
"Income Maintenance Programs in Advanced Industrial Countries: A Cross-National
Study," with Vincent Mahler. Northeastern Political Science Association.
Boston. November 1986.
"Two Marxes: Alternative Theories of Historical Materialism." American Political
Science Association Annual Meeting. Washington. September 1986.
"The Political Economy of Income Maintenance Programs in the Advanced Industrial
Societies, with Vincent Mahler. American Political Science Association Annual
Meeting. New Orleans. September 1985.
"The Impact of Government Spending on Growth and Distribution in Developed
Capitalist Countries: A Cross-National Study," with Vincent Mahler.
American Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Washington.
September 1984.
"Income Distribution, Taxation Policies and Economic Growth in Developed Market
Economy Countries: A Cross National Study," with Vincent Mahler and Michael
Franz. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting.
Denver. September 1982.
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"Towards a New Theory of Property." Conference on the Future of the Liberal Tradition-Search for an Agenda. St. Xavier College. Chicago. April 1982.
"The Politics of Revolution: Rousseau's Project for Corsica" International Studies
Association, Midwest Conference. Chicago. May, 1981.
"Marx and Crisis: The Legacy of the French Revolution." Conference for the Study of
Political Thought. Chicago. February 1980.
Conference Participation
Chair. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Panel Title:
Problems in the Theory of Property. San Francisco. August 28-September 1,
1996.
Chair and Discussant. Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Panel
Title: Marx and Marxism. Chicago. April 14-16, 1994.
Discussant. Midwest Political Science Association. Panel Title: War in Modern
Political Thought. Chicago. April 15-17, 1993.
Discussant. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Panel title:
Hegelian and Post-Marxist Critiques of Civil Society. Chicago.
August/September 1992.
Chair. Midwest Political Science Association. Panel title: Reassessing Marx(ism).
Chicago. April 9-11, 1992.
Participant. Roundtable on Analytic and Contextual Approaches to Marx. American
Political Science Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco.
August\September 1990.
Discussant. North American Chapter for Greek Political Thought. Panel on The
Political Philosophy of Aristotle. Midwest Political Science Association Annual
Meeting. Chicago. April, 1987.
Chair. Midwest Political Science Association Meeting. Panel on Political Theory,
Rhetoric and The Arts. Chicago. April 1986.
Chair and Discussant. International Studies Association/Midwest. Panel on Latin
American Political Economy. Chicago. November 1985.
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Discussant. Committee on Conceptual and Terminological Analysis. Panel on
Theory, Praxis and Violence. American Political Science Association Annual
Meeting. Washington. September 1984.
Chair and Discussant. Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Panel on
Modernity: Dissolution or Rebirth? Chicago. April 1984.
Discussant. Panel on Politics and Policy in Western Europe. International Studies
Association, Midwest Conference. Chicago. October 1980.
University and Department Activities
Loyola University: Director (2004-present), Peace Studies Interdisciplinary Program;
Member (2004-2005), Search Committee, Helen Houlahan Rigali Professorship in Political
Science; Member (2004), Search Committee, Director, School of Communication, Technology
and Public Service; Chair and Host (Spring 2004), Morris I. Leibman Distinguished Lecture
Series; Chair (2001- 2002), Considine Chair Search Committee; Member (2002-present),
Oversight Committee for the Program in Bioethics and Healthcare Policy; Member (Fall Spring
2002-present), Honors Program Review Committee; Member (Spring 2001), GPD Task Force
Committee; Chair (1997-2000) and Member (1996-1997), Curriculum Committee of the Council
of Graduate School Programs; Executive Committee, Council of Graduate School Programs
(1997-present); Member of the Council of Graduate School Programs (1996 to the present);
Graduate School representative to the Loyola 2000 Academic Proposal Committee (the “Austin
Committee”) (1998-1999); Member of the Graduate Studies Coordinating Board (1997-1999).
Department of Political Science: Chairperson (January 2003-present); Director of
Graduate Programs (Fall 1996-Fall 2002); Member, Graduate Studies Committee (1991-1995);
Member, Teaching Committee (2000-present); Chair, Richard S. and Nancy K. Hartigan Loyola
Lecture Series (1995-present); Member, International Studies Search Committee (1995-1996);
Member, Political Theory Search Committee (1992-1993); Member, Special Activities
Committee (1990-1991); Member, Undergraduate Studies Committee (1989-1991); Chair,
Academic Grievance Committee (1989-1990).
Professional Associations
American Political Science Association; Foundations of Political Theory
Manuscript Referee: The American Political Science Review; The Review of Politics; The
Journal of Politics; The American Journal of Political Science.
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Languages
Spanish
French
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