McDonaldization

by Ritzer, George

• ISBN13: 9780761987673
• ISBN10: 0761987673
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-02-01
• Publisher: Pine Forge Press

Summary

This companion to the bestselling The McDonaldization of Society includes a selection of articles and excerpts that focus on the application and extension of the idea of McDonaldization to a wide range of social phenomena, issues, and settings, including the church, state, theme parks, mountain climbing, the sex industry, the family, the police, higher education, the Internet, and more. With an eye on the events of 9/11/01 and after, this accessible collection provides insights into the way McDonaldization is affecting cultures around the world, the ways in which it does or does not adapt to particular cultures, and various social movements from around the globe that have emerged in opposition to McDonaldization. The book is organized into the following three sections with a concluding essay that reflects on the future of McDonaldization: McDonaldization: Basics, Studies, Applications, and Extensions The McDonaldization of Social Structures and Institutions Culture, Cross-Cultural Analysis, and Social Change McDonaldization: The Reader is designed for use with or without The McDonaldization of Society and is an ideal supplemental text for a multitude of courses including introductory sociology; social problems; sociology of organizations, institutions, and structures; social change; sociological theory; sociology of work; economic sociology; sociology of consumption; American studies; and popular culture.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Part I: McDonaldization: Basics, Studies, Applications, and Extensions	1	(64)
An Introduction to McDonaldization	7	(17)
George Ritzer
Interview With George Ritzer	24	(9)
Derrick Jensen
On Mass Distribution: A Case Study of Chain Stores in the Restaurant Industry	33	(4)
Joel I. Nelson
A Sociology of Rib Joints	37	(8)
P. D. Holley
D. E. Wright, Jr.
Theme Parks and McDonaldization	45	(7)
Alan Bryman
The Disneyization of Society	52	(8)
Alan Bryman
Urgent Dreams: Climbing, Rationalization, and Ambivalence	60	(5)
Ian Heywood
Part II: The McDonaldization of Social Structures and Institutions	65	(120)
McDonaldization of America's Police, Courts, and Corrections	77	(14)
Matthew B. Robinson
McDonaldization of the Sex Industries? The Business of Sex	91	(16)
Kathryn Hausbeck
Barbara G. Brents
McDonaldization of the Family	107	(9)
Jeffery P. Dennis
Whimpering Into the Good Night: Resisting McUniversity	116	(10)
Dennis Hayes
Robin Wynyard
The McDonaldization of the Internet	126	(15)
Alan Neustadtl
Meyer Kestnbaum
McJobs: McDonaldization and Its Relationship to the Labor Process	141	(7)
George Ritzer
McWork in Europe	148	(3)
Tony Royle
The Church and the Iron Cage	151	(7)
John Drane
McCitizens: Risk, Coolness, and Irony in Contemporary Politics	158	(4)
Bryan S. Turner
Cathedrals of Consumption: Rationalization, Enchantment, and Disenchantment	162	(9)
George Ritzer
McDonaldization and the Global Sports Store: Constructing Consumer Meanings in a Rationalized Society	171	(7)
Steven Miles
Credit Cards, Fast-Food Restaurants, and Rationalization	178	(7)
George Ritzer
Part III: Cross-Cultural Analysis, Social Movements, and Social Change	185	(82)
Jihad vs. McWorld	191	(8)
Benjamin R. Barber
September 11, 2001: Mass Murder and Its Roots in the Symbolism of American Consumer Culture	199	(14)
George Ritzer
McDonaldization and the Global Culture of Consumption	213	(9)
Malcolm Waters
Transnationalism, Localization, and Fast Foods in East Asia	222	(11)
James L. Watson
The McLibel Trial Story	233	(12)
McSpotlight
Striking the Golden Arches: French Farmers Protest McD's Globalization	245	(5)
David Morse
Slow Food	250	(5)
Mara Miele
Jonathan Murdoch
Some Thoughts on the Future of McDonaldization	255	(12)
George Ritzer
Index	267	(6)
About the Contributors	273