The McDonaldization of Society
eBook - PDF

The McDonaldization of Society

Into the Digital Age

  1. 232 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The McDonaldization of Society

Into the Digital Age

About this book

Recipient of a 2021 McGuffey Longevity Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA) The book that made "McDonaldization" part of the lexicon of contemporary sociological theory, read by hundreds of thousands of students, is now in its Tenth Edition. George Ritzer?s seminal work of critical sociology, The McDonaldization of Society, continues to stand as one of the pillars of modern sociological thought. Building on the argument that the fast food restaurant has become the model for the rationalization process today, this book links theory to contemporary life in a globalized world. Ritzer opens our eyes to many current issues and shows how McDonaldization's principlesā€”efficiency, calculability, predictability, and controlā€”have been applied to other sectors of American society and throughout the world. This new edition continues to shift its focus to how we experience McDonaldization online, the new locus of production and consumption in the digital age.

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Information

Publisher
SAGE Publications, Inc
Year
2020
eBook ISBN
9781544398020
Edition
10
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Sociology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. COVER
  2. TITLE PAGE
  3. COPYRIGHT PAGE
  4. BRIEF CONTENTS
  5. DETAILED CONTENTS
  6. PREFACE
  7. CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION
  8. CHAPTER 2 - EFFICIENCY AND CALCULABILITY: CONSUMERS 1
  9. CHAPTER 3 - PREDICTABILITY AND CONTROL: CONSUMERS 2
  10. CHAPTER 4 - EFFICIENCY AND CALCULABILITY: MCJOBS AND OTHER MCDONALDIZED OCCUPATIONS 1
  11. CHAPTER 5 - PREDICTABILITY AND CONTROL: MCJOBS AND OTHER MCDONALDIZED OCCUPATIONS 2
  12. CHAPTER 6 - IRRATIONALITY: THE BASIC DIMENSIONS
  13. EPILOGUE: MCDONALDIZATION IN THE AGE OF COVID-19
  14. NOTES
  15. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  16. INDEX
  17. ABOUT THE AUTHOR