Mcdonaldization : the reader / edited by George Ritzer.

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Published: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Pine Forge Press, c2002.
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Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I. McDonaldization: Basics, Studies, Applications, and Extensions. 1. An Introduction to McDonaldization / George Ritzer. 2. Interview With George Ritzer / Derrick Jensen. 3. On Mass Distribution: A Case Study of Chain Stores in the Restaurant Industry / Joel I. Nelson. 4. A Sociology of Rib Joints / P. D. Holley and D. E. Wright, Jr. 5. Theme Parks and McDonaldization / Alan Bryman. 6. The Disneyization of Society / Alan Bryman. 7. Urgent Dreams: Climbing, Rationalization, and Ambivalence / Ian Heywood
  • Pt. II. The McDonaldization of Social Structures and Institutions. 8. McDonaldization of America's Police, Courts, and Corrections / Matthew B. Robinson. 9. McDonaldization of the Sex Industries? The Business of Sex / Kathryn Hausbeck and Barbara G. Brents. 10. McDonaldization of the Family / Jeffery P. Dennis. 11. Whimpering Into the Good Night: Resisting McUniversity / Dennis Hayes and Robin Wynyard. 12. The McDonaldization of the Internet / Alan Neustadtl and Meyer Kestnbaum. 13. McJobs: McDonaldization and Its Relationship to the Labor Process / George Ritzer. 14. McWork in Europe / Tony Royle. 15. The Church and the Iron Cage / John Drane. 16. McCitizens: Risk, Coolness, and Irony in Contemporary Politics / Bryan S. Turner. 17. Cathedrals of Consumption: Rationalization, Enchantment, and Disenchantment / George Ritzer. 18. McDonaldization and the Global Sports Store: Constructing Consumer Meanings in a Rationalized Society / Steven Miles. 19. Credit Cards, Fast-Food Restaurants, and Rationalization / George Ritzer
  • Pt. III. Cross-Cultural Analysis, Social Movements, and Social Change. 20. Jihad vs. McWorld / Benjamin R. Barber. 21. September 11, 2001: Mass Murder and Its Roots in the Symbolism of American Consumer Culture / George Ritzer. 22. McDonaldization and the Global Culture of Consumption / Malcolm Waters. 23. Transnationalism, Localization, and Fast Foods in East Asia / James L. Watson. 24. The McLibel Trial Story / McSpotlight. 25. Striking the Golden Arches: French Farmers Protest McD's Globalization / David Morse. 26. Slow Food / Mara Miele and Jonathan Murdoch. 27. Some Thoughts on the Future of McDonaldization / George Ritzer.