McDonaldization : the reader

Preface - George Ritzer McDonaldization: Basics, Studies, Applications and Extensions An Introduction to McDonaldization - George Ritzer Precursors: Bureaucracy and Max Weber's Theory of Rationality, Irrationality and the "Iron Cage" - George Ritzer Islands of the Living Dead: The Social Geography of McDonaldization - George Ritzer On Mass Distribution: A Case Study of Chain Stores in the Restaurant Industry - Joel Nelson A Sociology of Rib Joints - P.D. Holley and D.E. Wright McDonald's as a Disneyized Institution - Alan Bryman Urgent Dreams: Climbing, Rationalization, and Ambivalence - Ian Heywood A Conversation with Eric Schlosser, Author of Fast Food Nation A Conversation with Morgan Spurlock on his documentary "Supersize Me" McDonaldization: The Major Criticisms - Bryan Turner The McDonaldization of Social Structures and Institutions The McDonaldization of America's Police, Courts, and Corrections - Matthew Robinson McDonaldization of the Sex Industries? The Business of Sex - Kathryn Hausbeck and Barbara Brents McDonaldization and the Family - Sara Raley What Do Hamburgers and Drug Care Have in Common: Some Unorthodox Remarks on the McDonaldization and Rationality of Drug Care - Uwe E. Kemmesies McDonaldization, Education, and McMorals - Suzanne Hudd The McDonaldization of the Internet - Alan Neustadtl and Meyer Kestnbaum McJobs: McDonaldization and Its Relationship to the Labor Process - George Ritzer McWork in Europe - Tony Royle Supersizing Farms: The McDonaldization of Agriculture - Andrew J. Knight From Creeds to Burgers - John Drane McCitizens: Risk, Coolness, and Irony in Contemporary Politics - Bryan S. Turner Cathedrals of Consumption: Rationalization, Enchantment, and Disenchantment - George Ritzer McDonaldization and the Global Sports Store: Constructing Consumer Meanings in a Rationalized Society - Steven Miles Credit Cards, Fast-Food Restaurants, and Rationalization - George Ritzer Cross-Cultural Analysis, Social Movements and Social Change Jihad vs. McWorld - Benjamin Barber The McLibel Trial Story - McSpotlight Striking the Golden Arches: French Farmers Protest McD's Globalization - David Morse Slow Food - Mara Miele and Jonathan Murdock The Debate Over the Relationship Between McDonaldization and Globalization Globalization and Culture: Three Paradigms - Jan N. Pieterse McDonaldization and the Global Culture of Consumption - Malcolm Waters Transnationalism, Localization, and Fast Foods in East Asia - James L. Watson The McDonaldization Mosaic: Glocalization and Diversity - Bryan Turner Domesticating the French Fry: McDonald's and Consumerism in Moscow - Melissa L. Caldwell Global Implications of McDonaldization and Disneyization - Alan Bryman Glocommodification: How the Global Consumes the Local - McDonald's in Israel - Uri Ram Globalization and McDonaldization - George Ritzer Globaloney: Unraveling the Myths of Globalization - Michael Veseth Conclusion Some Thoughts on the Future of McDonaldization - George Ritzer Index About the Contributors About the Author