McDonaldization : the reader / [print]
edited by] George Ritzer.
- second edition.
- Thousand Oaks, California : Pine Forge Press, (c)2006.
- xii, 394 pages ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index.
McDonaldization: basics, studies, applications, and extensions -- An introduction to McDonaldization Precursors : bureaucracy and Max Weber's theory of rationality, irrationality, and the iron cage Islands of the living dead: the social geography of McDonaldization On mass distribution : a case study of chain stores in the restaurant industry A sociology of rib joints McDonald's as a Disneyized institution Urgent dreams : climbing, rationalization, and ambivalence 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 McDonaldization : the major criticisms The McDonaldization of social structures and institutions -- McDonaldization of America's police, courts, and corrections McDonaldization of the sex industries? the business of sex McDonaldization and the family What do hamburgers and drug care have in common? : some unorthodox remarks on the McDonaldization and rationality of drug care McMorals revisited: creating irrational characters? / Suzanne S. Hudd -- The McDonaldization of the Internet McJobs: McDonaldization and its relationship to the labor process -- George Ritzer -- McWork in Europe Supersizing farms : the McDonaldization of agriculture From creeds to burgers : religious control, spiritual search, and the future of the world McCitizens : risk, coolness, and irony in contemporary politics Cathedrals of consumption : rationalization, enchantment, and disenchantment McDonaldization and the global sports store : constructing consumer George Ritzer -- George Ritzer -- George Ritzer -- Joel I. Nelson -- P.D. Holley and D.E. Wright, Jr. -- Alan Bryman -- Ian Heywood -- Biran Braiker -- Bryan S. Turner -- Mathew B. Robinson -- Kathryn Hausbeck and Barbara G. Brents -- Sarah Raley -- Uwe E. Kemmesies -- Alan Neustadtl and Meyer Kestnbaum -- Tony Royle -- Andrew J. Knight -- John Drane -- Bryan S. Turner -- George Ritzer -- meanings in a rationalized society Credit cards, fast-food restaurants, and rationalization Cross-cultural analysis, social movements, and social change -- Jihad vs. McWorld September 11, 2001 : mass murder and its roots in the symbolism of American consumer culture The McLibel trial story Mcspotlight -- Striking the golden arches : French farmers protest McD's globalization Slow food The debate over the relationship between McDonaldization and globalization -- Globalization and culture : three paradigms McDonaldization and the global culture of consumption Transnationalism, localization, and fast foods in East Asia The McDdonald's mosaic : glocalization and diversity -- Bryan S. Turner -- Domesticating the french fry: McDonald's and consumerism in Moscow Global implications of McDonaldization and Disneyization Glocommodification : how the global consumes the local--McDonald's in Israel Globalization and McDonaldization : does it all amount to-- nothing? / George Ritzer -- Globaloney Conclusion -- Some thoughts on the future of McDonaldization Steven Miles -- George Ritzer -- Benjamin R. Barber -- George Ritzer -- McSpotlight -- David Morse -- Mara Miele and Jonathan Murdock -- Jan Nederveen Pieterse -- Malcolm Waters -- James L. Watson -- Melissa L. Caldwell -- Alan Bryman -- Uri Ram -- Michael Veseth -- George Ritzer.