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About this book
In this major new book, the author of the bestselling McDonaldization of Society provides an exploration of one of the most innovative and imaginative sociological theses of the last decade of the twentieth century - `McDonaldization?.
Part One centres on a discussion of Karl Mannheim?s theory of rationalization. The author also assesses the degree to which sociology in general and sociological theory in particular have been `McDonaldized?. The second part demonstrates the empirical reach of the `McDonaldization? process with discussions on work, credit and globalization. Part Three moves beyond `McDonaldization? to the worlds of `new means of consumption? and the postmodern perspectives that best illuminate them. The author concludes with a re-evaluation of the McDonaldization thesis and its future.
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Table of contents
- 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 Rationalization
- Part 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
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