Ronaldo Munck | |
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Born | 1951 |
Nationality | Argentine, Irish |
Alma mater | University of Essex |
Occupation(s) | Professor, sociology |
Scientific career | |
Institutions |
Ulster University University of Durban-Westville University of Liverpool Dublin City University |
Ronaldo Munck is an Argentine sociologist who has worked on the political sociology and globalisation of Latin America and Ireland.
Ronaldo Munck was born and educated in Argentina. [1] He completed his PhD in political sociology at the University of Essex in 1976 under the supervision of Ernesto Laclau. [2]
He was Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Ulster (1984-1988), Reader in Sociology, University of Ulster (1988-1994), Professor of Sociology and Head of department, University of Durban (1994-1996), Professor of Political Sociology, University of Liverpool and Director, Globalisation and Social Exclusion Unit (1996-2004), and Head of Civic Engagement, President's Office, Dublin City University (2004 to date). [3]
Munck's works on Latin America include Politics and Dependency in the Third World: The Case of Latin America (1984) [4] on dependency theory, Latin America: The Transition to Democracy (1989), [5] three editions of Contemporary Latin America (2002, 2007, 2012), [6] and the Gramscian Rethinking Latin America: Development, Hegemony and Social Transformation (2013). [7]
Munck's works on Irish political sociology include Ireland: Nation, State and Class Conflict (1985), [8] Belfast in the Thirties: An Oral History (1987), [9] The Irish Economy: Results and Prospects (1993), [10] and Globalisation, Migration and Social Change in Ireland: After the Celtic Tiger (2011, co-edited with Bryan Fanning). [11]
Munck's comparative labor studies include The New International Labour Studies (1988), [12]Argentina: From Anarchism to Peronism: Workers, unions and politics 1855-1985 (1986), [13] Labour Worldwide in the Era of Globalisation: Alternative Unions Models in the New World Order (1998, co-edited with Peter Waterman), [14] Labour and Globalisation: The New 'Great Transformation' (2002), [15] and Globalisation and Contestation: The Great Counter-Movement (2006). [16]
Munck's publications on political sociology and social theory include The Difficult Dialogue: Marxism and Nationalism (1986) [17] and Marx @ 2000: Late Marxist Perspectives (2000) [18] which sought to renew Marxism in conversations with post-modernism, as well as the collection on critical development theory co-edited with Denis O'Hearn Critical Development Theory: Contributions to a New Paradigm (1999) [19] and the study Water and Development: Good governance after Neoliberalism (2015). [20]
Munck also studied human migration Globalisation and Migration: New Conflicts, New Politics (2008) [21] and human security Globalisation and Security (2009, co-edited with Honor Fagan). [22]
Munck's grandmother is swimmer Lilian Harrison. His brother is political scientist Gerardo L. Munck. [23]