McDonaldization : the reader / edited by] George Ritzer. [print]

Includes bibliographies and index.

McDonaldization: basics, studies, applications, and extensions -- An introduction to McDonaldization George Ritzer -- Precursors : bureaucracy and Max Weber's theory of rationality, irrationality, and the iron cage George Ritzer -- Islands of the living dead: the social geography of McDonaldization George Ritzer -- On mass distribution : a case study of chain stores in the restaurant industry Joel I. Nelson -- A sociology of rib joints P.D. Holley and D.E. Wright, Jr. -- McDonald's as a Disneyized institution Alan Bryman -- Urgent dreams : climbing, rationalization, and ambivalence Ian Heywood -- A conversation with Eric Schlosser, author of Fast food nation -- The real price of a Big Mac : filmmaker Morgan Spurlock discusses life as a guinea pig Biran Braiker -- McDonaldization : the major criticisms Bryan S. Turner -- The McDonaldization of social structures and institutions -- McDonaldization of America's police, courts, and corrections Mathew B. Robinson -- McDonaldization of the sex industries? the business of sex Kathryn Hausbeck and Barbara G. Brents -- McDonaldization and the family Sarah Raley -- What do hamburgers and drug care have in common? : some unorthodox remarks on the McDonaldization and rationality of drug care Uwe E. Kemmesies -- McMorals revisited: creating irrational characters? / Suzanne S. Hudd -- The McDonaldization of the Internet Alan Neustadtl and Meyer Kestnbaum -- McJobs: McDonaldization and its relationship to the labor process -- George Ritzer -- McWork in Europe Tony Royle -- Supersizing farms : the McDonaldization of agriculture Andrew J. Knight -- From creeds to burgers : religious control, spiritual search, and the future of the world John Drane -- McCitizens : risk, coolness, and irony in contemporary politics Bryan S. Turner -- Cathedrals of consumption : rationalization, enchantment, and disenchantment George Ritzer -- McDonaldization and the global sports store : constructing consumer

meanings in a rationalized society Steven Miles -- Credit cards, fast-food restaurants, and rationalization George Ritzer -- Cross-cultural analysis, social movements, and social change -- Jihad vs. McWorld Benjamin R. Barber -- September 11, 2001 : mass murder and its roots in the symbolism of American consumer culture George Ritzer -- The McLibel trial story McSpotlight -- Mcspotlight -- Striking the golden arches : French farmers protest McD's globalization David Morse -- Slow food Mara Miele and Jonathan Murdock -- The debate over the relationship between McDonaldization and globalization -- Globalization and culture : three paradigms Jan Nederveen Pieterse -- McDonaldization and the global culture of consumption Malcolm Waters -- Transnationalism, localization, and fast foods in East Asia James L. Watson -- The McDdonald's mosaic : glocalization and diversity -- Bryan S. Turner -- Domesticating the french fry: McDonald's and consumerism in Moscow Melissa L. Caldwell -- Global implications of McDonaldization and Disneyization Alan Bryman -- Glocommodification : how the global consumes the local--McDonald's in Israel Uri Ram -- Globalization and McDonaldization : does it all amount to-- nothing? / George Ritzer -- Globaloney Michael Veseth -- Conclusion -- Some thoughts on the future of McDonaldization George Ritzer.

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