The McDonaldization of Society 6 - Brossura

Ritzer, George

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1412980127 ISBN 13: 9781412980128

Casa editrice: Sage Pubns, 2010

Riassunto

As one of the most eye-opening and popular sociology books of all time, The McDonaldization of Society 6 demonstrates the power of the sociological imagination to today's readers in a way that few other books have, linking theory to contemporary pop-culture examples that resonate with 21st-century students. This Sixth Edition includes a new concluding Chapter 10 "The DeMcDonaldization Society?" that examines recent phenomena like Web 2.0 and its relationship to the McDonaldization thesis.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

George Ritzer is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, where he has also been a Distinguished Scholar-Teacher and won a Teaching Excellence Award. He was awarded the Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award by the American Sociological Association, an honorary doctorate from LaTrobe University in Australia, and the Robin Williams Lectureship from the Eastern Sociological Society. His best-known work, The McDonaldization of Society (8th ed.), has been read by hundreds of thousands of students over two decades and translated into over a dozen languages. Ritzer is also the editor of McDonaldization: The Reader; and author of other works of critical sociology related to the McDonaldization thesis, including Enchanting a Disenchanted World, The Globalization of Nothing, Expressing America: A Critique of the Global Credit Card Society, as well as a series best-selling social theory textbooks and Globalization: A Basic Text. He is the Editor of the Encyclopedia of Social Theory (2 vols.), the Encyclopedia of Sociology (11 vols.; 2nd edition forthcoming), the Encyclopedia of Globalization (5 vols.), and is Founding Editor of the Journal of Consumer Culture. In 2016 he will publish the second edition of Essentials of Sociology with SAGE.

Contenuti:

An Introduction to McDonaldization
The Past, Present, and Future of McDonaldization: From the Iron Cage to the Fast-Food Factory and Beyond
Efficiency: Drive-Throughs and Finger Foods
Calculability: Big Macs and Little Chips
Predictability: It Never Rains on Those Little Houses on the Hillside
Control: Human and Non-Human Robots
The Irrationality of Rationality: Traffic Jams on Those "Happy Trails"
Globalization and McDonaldization: Does It All Amount to...."Nothing"?
Dealing With McDonaldization: A Practical Guide
The DeMcDonaldization of Society?
Notes
Bibliography

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Sage Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1412980127
• ISBN 13: 9781412980128
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 6
• Numero di pagine: 307