The McDonaldization thesis : explorations and extensions


George Ritzer
Bok Engelsk 1998 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
London : Sage , 1998
Omfang
VIII, 212 s.
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Table of Contents; 1 - Introduction: McDonaldization and Beyond; Part I: Theoretical Issues; 2 - Mannheim's Theory of Rationalization: An Alternative Resource for the McDonaldization Thesis?; 3 - The McDonaldization of American Sociology: A Metasociological Analysis; 4 - Munch(ing) on McDonald(ization) of Social Theory; Part II: The Expansion of McDonaldization; 5 - McJobs: McDonaldization and Its Relationship to the Labor Process; 6 - McDonaldization: The New ""American Menace""; 7 - Globalization, McDonaldization and Americanization. - 8 - Credit Cards, Fast-Food Restaurants and Increasing RationalizationPart III: The New Means of Consumption; 9 - The ""New"" Means of Consumption: A Postmodern Analysis; 10 - ""McDisneyization"" and ""Post-Tourism"": Complementary Perspectives on Contemporary Tourism; 11 - McUniversity in the Postmodern Consumer Society; 12 - Dealing with the New Means of Consumption; Part IV: McDonaldization Redux; 13 - Some Concluding Thoughts on the McDonaldization Thesis; References; Name Index; Subject Index. - Ritzer discusses the process of McDonaldization, and scrutinizes: the labour process and the degree to which it has been McDonaldized; the relationship between McDonaldization and globalization and Americanization. Part Three presents new means of consumption and the book concludes with a re-evaluation of the McDonaldization thesis and its future.
Emner
Sjanger
Dewey
ISBN
0761955399. - 0761955402

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