Bøker av Richard Munch

Offers an understanding and exploration of the rise and development of modern society, based on two classical theorists, Emile Durkheim and Max Weber. This title begins with an exploration of the points of convergence and divergence in the works of Durkheim and Weber.

Offers a sociologically grounded explanation of the changing features of governance and democracy within Europe in an era that empowers new actors, and in the context of broader changes in society.

Based on intensive, long-term study, this comparative book traces the role of ethics in the formation of modernity in four Western nations (the U.S., Britain, France, and Germany).

The different collective identities which evolved, affected particularly by immigration, in Britain, France, the United States and Germany are outlined in a historical, genetic and comparative perspective with special emphasis on the case of Germany.

Global free trade is one of the most controversial phenomena of our time. Richard Munch offers a new theory of global labour division to explain deeper transformations in the production and distribution of wealth brought about by global free trade. He then carries out and analyzes empirical investigations based on this theory.

A discussion of how democracy works in the practice of political regulation of clear air in the UK, France, Germany and the USA. It looks at social change and social integration rather than issues of governance and administration in terms of effectiveness and democratic legitimation.