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9780761955399

The McDonaldization Thesis Explorations and Extensions

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  • ISBN13:

    9780761955399

  • ISBN10:

    0761955399

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1998-02-17
  • Publisher: Sage Publications

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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.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
1 Introduction: McDonaldization and Beyond
1(15)
Part I: Theoretical Issues 16(43)
2 Mannheim's Theory of Rationalization: An Alternative Resource for the McDonaldization Thesis?
16(19)
3 The McDonaldization of American Sociology: A Metasociological Analysis
35(17)
4 Munch(ing) on McDonald(ization) of Social Theory
52(7)
Part II: The Expansion of McDonaldization 59(58)
5 McJobs: McDonaldization and Its Relationship to the Labor Process
59(12)
6 McDonaldization: The New "American Menace"
71(10)
7 Globalization, McDonaldization and Americanization
81(14)
8 Credit Cards, Fast-Food Restaurants and Increasing Rationalization
95(22)
Part III: The New Means of Consumption 117(57)
9 The "New" Means of Consumption: A Postmodern Analysis
117(17)
10 "McDisneyization" and "Post-Tourism:" Complementary Perspectives on Contemporary Tourism
134(17)
11 McUniversity in the Postmodern Consumer Society
151(12)
12 Dealing with the New Means of Consumption
163(11)
Part IV: McDonaldization Redux 174(18)
13 Some Concluding Thoughts on the McDonaldization Thesis
174(18)
References 192(11)
Name Index 203(3)
Subject Index 206

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