Dr. Richard Münch is Professor of Sociology. His research focuses on social theory and comparative macrosociology. He has widely published on globalization, European integration, the changing welfare state and the rise of the competition state. Most recently, he has targeted the rise of academic capitalism in the intensified competition of universities for funds and recognition as well as changing regimes of education in the context of international student assessments like the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). Recent publications include European Governmentality. The Liberal Drift of Multilevel Governance. London and New York: Routledge, 2010; Akademischer Kapitalismus. Über die Politische Ökonomie der Hochschulreform. Berlin: Suhrkamp, 2011; Inclusion and Exclusion in the Liberal Competition State. The Cult of the Individual. London and New York: Routledge, 2012.

Books

Münch, R. (1982). Theorie des Handelns. Zur Rekonstruktion der Beiträge von Talcott Parsons, Emilie Durkheim und Max Weber. Frankfurt a.M.: Suhrkamp. (English Translation of Part I: Münch, R. (1987). Theory of Action. Towards a New Synthesis Going Beyond Parsons. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul; English Translation of Part II and III: Münch, R. (1988). Understanding Modernity. Towards a New Perspective Going Beyond Durkheim and Weber. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.)

Münch, Richard (1986). Die Kultur der Moderne. 2 Bände. Band. 1: Ihre Grundlagen und ihre Entwicklung in England und Amerika. Band. 2: Ihre Entwicklung in Frankreich und Deutschland. Frankfurt a.M.: Suhrkamp. (Abridged English version: Münch, R. (2001). The Ethics of Modernity: Formation and Transformation in Britain, France, Germany and the United States. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.)

Münch, R. (1991). Dialekt der Kommunikationsgesellschaft. Frankfurt a.M.: Suhrkamp.

Münch, R. (1993). Das Projekt Europa: Zwischen Nationalstaat, regionaler Autonomie und Weltgesellschaft. Frankfurt a.M.: Suhrkamp.

Münch R. (2001). Globale Dynamik, lokale Lebenswelten: Der schwierige Weg in die Weltgesellschaft. Frankfurt a.M.: Suhrkamp. (Revised English Version: ‘Nation and Citizenship in the Global Age. From National to Transnational Civil Ties.’ Houndsmills, Basingstoke, London: Palgrave (Macmillan)).

Münch, R. (2002-2004). Soziologische Theorie: 3 Bände. Frankfurt a.M./New York: Campus.

Münch, R. (2007). Die akademische Elite: Zur Konstruktion wissenschaftlicher Exzellenz. Frankfurt a.M.: Suhrkamp.

Münch, R. (2008). Die Konstruktion der europäischen Gesellschaft: Zur Dialektik von trnasnationaler Integration und nationaler Desintegration. Frankfurt a.M./New York: Campus. (Abridged English version: Münch, R. (2010). European Governmentality: The Liberal Drift of Multilevel Governance. London: Routledge.)

Münch, R. (2009). Globale Eliten, lokale Autoritäten: Bildung und Wissenschaft unter dem Regime von PISA, McKinsey & Co. Frankfurt a.M.: Suhrkamp.

Münch, R. (2009). Das Regime des liberalen Kapitalismus:. Inklusion und Exklusion im neuen Wohlfahrtstaat. Frankfurt/New York: Campus.