Ronaldo Munck | |
|---|---|
| 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 anArgentinesociologist who has worked on thepolitical sociology andglobalisation ofLatin America andIreland.
Ronaldo Munck was born and educated in Argentina.[1] He completed his PhD in political sociology at theUniversity of Essex in 1976 under the supervision ofErnesto 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 includePolitics and Dependency in the Third World: The Case of Latin America (1984)[4] ondependency theory,Latin America: The Transition to Democracy (1989),[5] three editions ofContemporary Latin America (2002, 2007, 2012),[6] and theGramscianRethinking Latin America: Development, Hegemony and Social Transformation (2013).[7]
Munck's works on Irish political sociology includeIreland: Nation, State and Class Conflict (1985),[8]Belfast in the Thirties: An Oral History (1987),[9]The Irish Economy: Results and Prospects (1993),[10] andGlobalisation, Migration and Social Change in Ireland: After the Celtic Tiger (2011, co-edited with Bryan Fanning).[11]
Munck's comparative labor studies includeThe 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] andGlobalisation and Contestation: The Great Counter-Movement (2006).[16]
Munck's publications onpolitical sociology and social theory includeThe Difficult Dialogue: Marxism and Nationalism (1986)[17] andMarx @ 2000: Late Marxist Perspectives (2000)[18] which sought to renewMarxism in conversations withpost-modernism, as well as the collection on criticaldevelopment theory co-edited withDenis O'HearnCritical Development Theory: Contributions to a New Paradigm (1999)[19] and the studyWater and Development: Good governance after Neoliberalism (2015).[20]
Munck also studiedhuman migrationGlobalisation and Migration: New Conflicts, New Politics (2008)[21] andhuman securityGlobalisation and Security (2009, co-edited with Honor Fagan).[22]
Munck's grandmother is swimmerLilian Harrison. His brother is political scientistGerardo L. Munck.[23]
