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Allan MacNeill

Associate Professor
Department of History, Politics and Law
Webster University
St. Louis, MO 63119


Contact Information:

Address:
   Department of History, Politics and Law
    Webster University
    St. Louis, MO 63119

Phone: (314) 968-7489
Fax: (314) 968-7403

e-mail: macneiam@webster.edu
website: www.webster.edu/~macneiam


Education:

Ph.D. (1997) Economics
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA
M.S. (1987) Labor Studies
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA
B.A. (1982) Economics
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster, PA

Research Interests:

The political economy of consumption
History of economic thought
Marxian political economy

Teaching Experience:

Associate Professor
Department of History, Politics and Law
Webster University
St. Louis, MO (1994-Present)
Visiting Faculty
Webster University-Leiden
Leiden, The Netherlands (Spring 2003)

Visiting Faculty
International Relations
Webster University-Thailand
Cha'am, Thailand (Summer 2001)
Visiting Faculty
Legal Assistants Program
Samara State University
Samara, Russia (June-July, 1997)
Adjunct Lecturer
Labor Relations and Research Center
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA (1993-1994)
Instructor
Department of Economics
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA (1990-1993)


Courses Taught:

Principles of Macroeconomics
Principles of Microeconomics
Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
Economics of the Labor Movement
Labor in America
Marxian Economics
History of Economic Thought
Women in the U.S. Economy
Twentieth Century U.S. Economic History
International Economics
History of the Consumer Society
Current Economic Analysis
Cross-Cultural Approaches to Economics
Political Economy of Sex, Drugs and Garbage
Cross-Cultural Development
Gender and Globalization
Politics of Development
Environmental Economics
Human Rights and Business

Awards and Grants


Publications and Conferences

"The Critique of Consumerism in `The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover.' Rethinking Marxism 4:3 (Fall, 1991): 118-130. Co-Authored with Ted Burczak.
Rethinking the Consumer Society: New Directions in the Political Economy of Consumption. Solicited to be part of the Association for Economic and Social Analysis book project. [Work in Progress]
"Radical Political Economy and The Consumer Society, Part I: Moving Beyond the Conventional Critique." Paper Presented at the Allied Social Sciences Association annual meeting. San Diego, CA. January 3, 2004.

"Shopping for Signs of Class" Paper presented at The Re/turn(s) of Marxism conference. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. April 3, 1998
"Can a Man Teach a Course on Women in the U.S. Economy?" Paper presented at the National Women's Studies Association Annual Conference. University of Missouri, St. Louis. June 18, 1997
Chair/Discussant. "Postmodern Marxism and the Information Economy." Politics and Languages of Contemporary Marxism conference. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. December 5, 1996.
Chair/Discussant. "Post-Marxism in the French Context." Politics and Languages of Contemporary Marxism conference. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. December 7, 1996.
Chair/Discussant. "The Political Economy of Defense" Annual meeting of the International Studies Association-Midwest. St. Louis, MO. October 19, 1996.
"Modernism and the Economics of Consumption" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Allied Social Sciences Association/American Economic Association. San Francisco, CA. January 6, 1996.
"The Political Economy of Consumption" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Economic Association. Boston, MA. March 20, 1994.
 "Shopping with Baudrillard: Postmodernism and Consumption" Paper presented at Association for Economic and Social Analysis conference. Amherst, MA. November 13, 1992
Chair/Discussant. "Deconstruction and Economic Theory" Association for Economic and Social Analysis conference. Amherst, MA. November 8, 1989.

Professional Activities

Seminar participant. "The Value of Culture." Amsterdam-Maastricht Summer University. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. August 2-11, 1999.
Participated in American Economic Association-Kanzanjian Foundation Active Learning Workshop. Chapel Hill, NC. May 2-4, 1997.
Manuscript Referee:
  • Guilford Publications (Spring 1999)
  • Routledge Publications (January, 1993)
  • Rethinking Marxism (1992-Present)
  • Southwest College Publishers
Professional Memberships:
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