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1 online resource (x, 261 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 255) and index. |
Contents |
Resisting McDonaldization : theory, process and critique / Barry Smart -- Golden arches and iron cages : McDonaldization and the poverty of cultural pessimism at the end of the twentieth century / Christiane Bender and Gianfranco Poggi -- Have you had your theory today? / John O'Neill -- McDonaldization enframed / Deena Weinstein and Michael A. Weinstein -- Rich food : McDonald's and modern life / Joanne Finkelstein -- McCitizens : risk, coolness and irony in contemporary politics / Bryan S. Turner -- Theme parks and McDonaldization / Alan Bryman -- McDonaldization of sport and leisure / David Jary -- McDonaldized culture : the end of communication? / Richard Münch -- Art centres : Southern folk art and the splintering of a hegemonic market / Gary Alan Fine -- Dennis Hopper, McDonald's and Nike / Norman K. Denzin -- Theorizing/resisting McDonaldization : a multiperspectivist approach / Douglas Kellner -- Moral malaise of McDonaldization : the values of vegetarianism / Keith Tester -- McFascism? Reading Ritzer, Bauman and the Holocaust / Peter Beilharz -- Assessing the resistance / George Ritzer. |
Summary |
The McDonaldization theory argued that contemporary life is succumbing to the standardisation, flexibility and predictability of fast-food service. This text engages in a critical appraisal of this thesis. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
McDonald's Corporation.
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McDonald's Corporation. |
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McDonald's (Firm) |
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McDonald's Corporation -- Influence. |
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McDonald's Corporation. |
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Consumer behavior.
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Consumer behavior. |
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Franchises (Retail trade)
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Franchises (Retail trade) |
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Marketing.
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Marketing. |
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Consumption (Economics)
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Consumption (Economics) |
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Capitalism.
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Capitalism. |
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Fast food restaurants.
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Fast food restaurants. |
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Industrial management.
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Industrial management. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Smart, Barry.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Resisting McDonaldization. London : Sage, 1999 9780761955184 (DLC) 98061886 (OCoLC)41414836 |
ISBN |
9780857026187 (electronic book) |
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0857026186 (electronic book) |
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9781446217627 (ebook) |
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1446217620 (ebook) |
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0761955178 (hc. ; alkaline paper) |
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9780761955177 (hc. ; alkaline paper) |
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0761955186 (paperback) |
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9780761955184 (paperback) |
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