Preface / George Ritzer |
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 / Joel Nelson |
A Sociology of Rib Joints / P.D. Holley ; D.E. Wright |
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 |
A Conversation with Morgan Spurlock on his documentary "Supersize Me" |
McDonaldization: The Major Criticisms / Bryan Turner |
The McDonaldization of Social Structures and Institutions |
The McDonaldization of America's Police, Courts, and Corrections / Matthew Robinson |
McDonaldization of the Sex Industries? The Business of Sex / Kathryn Hausbeck ; Barbara Brents |
McDonaldization and the Family / Sara Raley |
What Do Hamburgers and Drug Care Have in Common: Some Unorthodox Remarks on the McDonaldization and Rationality of Drug Care / Uwe E. Kemmesies |
McDonaldization, Education, and McMorals / Suzanne Hudd |
The McDonaldization of the Internet / Alan Neustadtl ; Meyer Kestnbaum |
McJobs: McDonaldization and Its Relationship to the Labor Process |
McWork in Europe / Tony Royle |
Supersizing Farms: The McDonaldization of Agriculture / Andrew J. Knight |
From Creeds to Burgers / John Drane |
McCitizens: Risk, Coolness, and Irony in Contemporary Politics / Bryan S. Turner |
Cathedrals of Consumption: Rationalization, Enchantment, and Disenchantment |
McDonaldization and the Global Sports Store: Constructing Consumer Meanings in a Rationalized Society / Steven Miles |
Credit Cards, Fast-Food Restaurants, and Rationalization |
Cross-Cultural Analysis, Social Movements and Social Change |
Jihad vs. McWorld / Benjamin Barber |
The McLibel Trial Story - McSpotlight |
Striking the Golden Arches: French Farmers Protest McD's Globalization / David Morse |
Slow Food / Mara Miele ; Jonathan Murdock |
The Debate Over the Relationship Between McDonaldization and Globalization |
Globalization and Culture: Three Paradigms / Jan N. Pieterse |
McDonaldization and the Global Culture of Consumption / Malcolm Waters |
Transnationalism, Localization, and Fast Foods in East Asia / James L. Watson |
The McDonaldization Mosaic: Glocalization and Diversity |
Domesticating the French Fry: McDonald's and Consumerism in Moscow / Melissa L. Caldwell |
Global Implications of McDonaldization and Disneyization |
Glocommodification: How the Global Consumes the Local - McDonald's in Israel / Uri Ram |
Globalization and McDonaldization |
Globaloney: Unraveling the Myths of Globalization / Michael Veseth |
Conclusion |
Some Thoughts on the Future of McDonaldization |
Index |
About the Contributors |
About the Author |
Preface / George Ritzer |
McDonaldization: Basics, Studies, Applications and Extensions |
An Introduction to McDonaldization |