Year: 2007
Author: George Ritzer
Genre: Encyclopaedia
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-4051-2433-1
Series: Blackwell Encyclopedias
English language
Format: PDF
Number of Pages: 5658
Fundamental Encyclopedia of Sociology
George Ritzer is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland. Among his awards: Honorary Doctorate from La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia; Honorary Patron, University Philosophical Society, Trinity College, Dublin; American Sociological Association’s Distinguished Contribution to Teaching Award. He has chaired the American Sociological Associa tion’s Section on Theoretical Sociology, as well as the Section on Organizations and Occupations. Among his books in metatheory are Sociology: A Multiple Paradigm Science and Metatheorizing in Sociology. In the application of social theory to the social world, his books include The McDonaldi zation of Society, Enchanting a Disenchanted World, and The Globalization of Nothing. He has published two volumes of his collected works, one in theory and the other in the application of theory to the social world, especially consumption. In the latter area, he is founding editor of the Journal of Consumer Culture. He has edited the Blackwell Companion to Major Social Theorists and co edited the Handbook of Social Theory. In addition to the Encyclopedia of Sociology, he has edited the two volume Encyclopedia of Social Theory. His books have been translated into over 20 languages, with over a dozen translations of The McDonaldization of Society alone.
About the Editor and Managing Editors vii
Advisory Editors ix
Contributors xv
Acknowledgments lxi
Introduction lxiii
Timeline lxxi
Lexicon xciii
Entries A to Z 1 - 5325
Select Bibliography 5327
Selected Websites 5339
Index 5341
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