Year: 2002
Author: edited by George Ritzer
Genre: Sociology
Publisher: Pine Forge Press
ISBN: 0-7619-8767-3
English language
Format: DjVu
Number of Pages: 283

In his book MacDonaldization: A Book for Reading, the American sociologist George Ritzer and his co-authors examine the question of how modern means and mechanisms of consumption change our social life. The author considers the fast food restaurant McDonald's as an example of formal rationality, similar to the model of bureaucracy in the early stages of the development of modern society and penetrating all the spheres of his life. The social analysis proposed by Ritter touches on the problem of modernity in its three main aspects: the McDonaldization of society, the relationship between macdonaldization and globalization, and the development of new means of consumption.

Preface 1
Part I: McDonaldization: Basics, Studies, Applications, and Extensions 2
1. George Ritzer. An Introduction to McDonaldization 7
2. Derrick Jensen. Interview With George Ritzer 24
3. Joel L Nelson. On Mass Distribution: A Case Study of Chain in the Restaurant Industry 33
4. P. D. Holley and D, ?. Wright, Jr. A Sociology of Rib Joints 37
5. Alan Bryman. Theme Parks and McDonaldization 45
6. Alan Bryman. The Disneyization of Society 52
7. Ian Heywood. Urgent Dreams: Climbing, Rationalization, and Ambivalence 60
Part II: The McDonaldization of Social Structures and Institutions 65
8. Matthew B. Robinson. McDonaldization of America's Police,Courts, and Corrections 77
9. Kathryn Hausbeck and Barbara G. Brents. McDonaldization of the Sex Industries? The Business of Sex 91
10. Jeffery P. Dennis. McDonaldization of the Family 107
11. Dennis Hayes and Robin Wynyard. Whimpering Into the Good Night: Resisting McUniversity 116
12. Alan Neustadtl and Meyer Kestnbaum. The McDonaldization of the Internet 126
13. George Ritzer. Mcjobs: McDonaldization and Its Relationship to the Labor Process 141
14. Tony Royle. McWork in Europe 148
15. John Drane. The Church and the Iron Cage 151
16. Bryan S. Turner. McCitizens: Risk, Coolness, and Irony in Contemporary Politics 158
17. George Ritzer. Cathedrals of Consumption: Rationalization,
Enchantment, and Disenchantment 162
18. Steven Miles . McDonaldization and the Global Sports Store: Constructing Consumer Meanings in a Rationalized Society 171
19. George Ritzer. Credit Cards, Fast-Food Restaurants, and Rationalization 178
Part III: Cross-Cultural Analysis, Social Movements, and Social Change 185
20. Benjamin R. Barber. Jihad vs. McWorld 191
21. George Ritzer. September 11, 2001: Mass Murder and Its Roots in the Symbolism of American Consumer Culture 199
22. Malcolm Waters. McDonaldization and the Global Culture of Consumption 213
23. James L. Watson. Transnationalism, Localization, and Fast Foods in East Asia 222
24. McSpotlight. The McLibel Trial Story 233
25. David Morse. Striking the Golden Arches: French Farmers Protest McD's Globalization 245
26. Mara Miele and Jonathan Murdoch. Slow Food 250
27. George Ritzer. Some Thoughts on the Future of McDonaldization 255
Index 267
About the Contributors 273

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