Mcdonaldization
Subtitle: the reader
By: George Ritzer, editor.
Contributors: Ritzer, George.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Pine Forge Press, an imprint of SAGE Publications, Inc.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, [Calif.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Civilization, Modern -- 1950-; Standardization -- Social aspects -- United States; United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Mcdonaldization: basics, studies, applications and extensions; title: An introduction to mcdonaldization / George Ritzer; title: Precursors : bureaucracy and Max Weber's theory of rationality, irrationality and the iron cage / George Ritzer; title: Islands of the living dead: the social geography of mcdonaldization / George Ritzer; title: On mass distribution : a case study of chain stores in the restaurant industry / Joel Nelson; title: A sociology of rib joints / P.D. Holley and D.E. Wright; title: Mcdonald's as a disneyized institution / Alan Bryman; title: Urgent dreams : climbing, rationalization, and ambivalence / Ian Heywood; title: A conversation with Eric Schlosser, author of Fast food nation; title: A conversation with Morgan Spurlock on his documentary "Supersize me"; title: Mcdonaldization : the major criticisms / Bryan Turner; title: The mcdonaldization of social structures and institutions; title: Mcdonaldization of America's police, courts and corrections / Mathew B. Robinson; title: Mcdonaldization of the sex industries? the business of sex / Kathryn Hausbeck and Barbara Brents; title: Mcdonaldization and the family / Sarah Raley; title: What do hamburgers and drug care have in common : some unorthodox remarks on the mcdonaldization and rationality of drug care / Uwe E. Kemmesies; title: Mcdonaldization, education and mcmorals / Suzanne Hudd; title: The mcdonaldization of the internet / Alan Neustadtl and Meyer Kestnbaum; title: Mcjobs: mcdonaldization and its relationship to the labor process; title: George Ritzer; title: Mcwork in Europe / Tony Royle; title: Supersizing farms : the mcdonaldization of agriculture / Andrew J. Knight; title: From creeds to burgers / John Drane; title: Mccitizens : risk, coolness, and irony in contemporary politics / Bryan S. Turner; title: Cathedrals of consumption : rationalization, enchantment, and disenchantment / George Ritzer; title: Mcdonaldization and the global sports store : constructing consumer meanings in a rationalized society / Steven Miles; title: Credit cards, fast food restaurants, and rationalization / George Ritzer; title: Cross-cultural analysis, social movements and social change; title: Jihad vs. mcworld / Benjamin Barber; title: September 11, 2001 : mass murder and its roots in the symbolism of American consumer culture / George Ritzer; title: The mclibel trial story; title: Mcspotlight; title: Striking the golden arches : French farmers protest Mcd's globalization / David Morse; title: Slow food / Mara Miele and Jonathan Murdock; title: The debate over the relationship between mcdonaldization and globalization; title: Globalization and culture : three paradigms / Jan N. Pieterse; title: Mcdonaldization and the global culture of consumption / Malcolm Waters; title: Transnationalism, localization, and fast foods in East Asia / James L. Watson; title: The mcdonaldization mosaic : glocalization and diversity; title: Bryan turner; title: Domesticating the french fry: mcdonald's and consumerism in Moscow / Melissa L. Caldwell; title: "Global implications..." American behavioral scientist 47, October 2003, pp. 162-166 / Alan Bryman; title: Glocommodification : how the global consumes the local McDonald's in Israel / Uri Ram; title: Globalization and McDonaldization / George Ritzer; title: Globaloney : unraveling the myths of globalization / Michael Veseth; title: Conclusion; title: Some thoughts on the future of mcdonaldization / George Ritzer.