McDonaldization : The Reader

by Ritzer, George

• ISBN13: 9781412926003
• ISBN10: 1412926009
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-31
• Publisher: Pine Forge Press

Summary

The Second Edition of this bestselling Reader has been expanded to include interviews with important, recent contributors to the understanding of McDonaldizaton: Morgan Spurlock, Supersize Me and Eric Schlosser Fast Food Nation.McDonaldization retains its wide array of sources, from journal articles to essays, from edited books to newspaper and magazine articles. In this new edition, articles have been edited to limit repetition. Discussion questions and 'thinking critically' sections have been added to aid in reviewing the material presented and further extending the conversation about and surrounding McDonaldization.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition	ix
Part I: McDonaldization: Basics, Studies, Applications, and Extensions	1	(84)
1. An Introduction to McDonaldization	4	(22)
George Ritzer
2. Precursors: Bureaucracy and Max Weber's Theory of Rationality, Irrationality, and the Iron Cage	26	(6)
George Ritzer
3. Islands of the Living Dead: The Social Geography of McDonaldization	32	(9)
George Ritzer
4. On Mass Distribution: A Case Study of Chain Stores in the Restaurant Industry	41	(5)
Joel I. Nelson
5. A Sociology of Rib Joints	46	(8)
P.D. Holley and D.E. Wright, Jr.
6. McDonald's as a Disneyized Institution	54	(10)
Alan Bryman
7. Urgent Dreams: Climbing, Rationalization, and Ambivalence	64	(6)
Ian Heywood
8. A Conversation With Eric Schlosser, Author of Fast Food Nation	70	(5)
9. The Real Price of a Big Mac: Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock Discusses Life as a Human Guinea Pig	75	(6)
Brian Braiker
10. McDonaldization: The Major Criticisms	81	(4)
Bryan S. Turner
Part II: The McDonaldization of Social Structures and Institutions	85	(144)
11. McDonaldization of America's Police, Courts, and Corrections	88	(15)
Matthew B. Robinson
12. McDonaldization of the Sex Industries? The Business of Sex	103	(16)
Kathryn Hausbeck and Barbara G. Brents
13. McDonaldization and the Family	119	(12)
Sara Raley
14. What Do Hamburgers and Drug Care Have in Common?: Some Unorthodox Remarks on the McDonaldization and Rationality of Drug Care	131	(5)
Uwe E. Kemmesies
15. McMorals Revisited: Creating Irrational Characters?	136	(19)
Suzanne S. Hudd
16. The McDonaldization of the Internet	155	(16)
Alan Neustadtl and Meyer Kestnbaum
17. McJobs: McDonaldization and Its Relationship to the Labor Process	171	(8)
George Ritzer
18. McWork in Europe	179	(4)
Tony Royle
19. Supersizing Farms: The McDonaldization of Agriculture	183	(14)
Andrew J. Knight
20. From Creeds to Burgers: Religious Control, Spiritual Search, and the Future of the World	197	(7)
John Drane
21. McCitizens: Risk, Coolness, and Irony in Contemporary Politics	204	(5)
Bryan S. Turner
22. Cathedrals of Consumption: Rationalization, Enchantment, and Disenchantment	209	(7)
George Ritzer
23. McDonaldization and the Global Sports Store: Constructing Consumer Meanings in a Rationalized Society	216	(5)
Steven Miles
24. Credit Cards, Fast-Food Restaurants, and Rationalization	221	(8)
George Ritzer
Part III: Cross-Cultural Analysis, Social Movements, and Social Change	229	(46)
25. Jihad vs. McWorld	232	(8)
Benjamin R. Barber
26. September 11, 2001: Mass Murder and Its Roots in the Symbolism of American Consumer Culture	240	(14)
George Ritzer
27. The McLibel Trial Story	254	(12)
McSpotlight
28. Striking the Golden Arches: French Farmers Protest McD's Globalization	266	(4)
David Morse
29. Slow Food	270	(5)
Mara Miele and Jonathan Murdoch
Part IV: The Debate Over the Relationship Between McDonaldization and Globalization	275	(84)
30. Globalization and Culture: Three Paradigms	278	(6)
Jan Nederveen Pieterse
31. McDonaldization and the Global Culture of Consumption	284	(8)
Malcolm Waters
32. Transnationalism, Localization, and Fast Foods in East Asia	292	(8)
James L. Watson
33. The McDonald's Mosaic: Glocalization and Diversity	300	(7)
Bryan S. Turner
34. Domesticating the French Fry: McDonald's and Consumerism in Moscow	307	(12)
Melissa L. Caldwell
35. Global Implications of McDonaldization and Disneyization	319	(6)
Alan Bryman
36. Glocommodification: How the Global Consumes the Local—McDonald's in Israel	325	(10)
Uri Ram
37. Globalization and McDonaldization: Does It All Amount to...Nothing?	335	(15)
George Ritzer
38. Globaloney	350	(9)
Michael Veseth
Part V: Conclusion	359	(14)
39. Some Thoughts on the Future of McDonaldization	361	(12)
George Ritzer
Index	373	(18)
About the Editor	391	(2)
About the Contributors	393