Explorations in social theory [[electronic resource] ] : from metatheorizing to rationalization / / George Ritzer |
Autore | Ritzer George |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : SAGE, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (316 p.) |
Disciplina | 301.01 |
Soggetto topico |
Social sciences - Philosophy
Civilization |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-7619-6773-7
1-280-37033-5 9786610370337 1-4129-3328-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Metatheorizing in sociology -- The deliniation of an underlying architectonic -- Sociology: a multiple paradigm science -- Toward an integrated sociological paradigm: image of the subject matter -- Potential exemplars for an integrated sociological paradigm -- Methodological relationism: lessons for and from social psychology -- From exclusion to inclusion to chaos (?) in sociological theory -- The implications of postmodern social theory for metatheorizing in sociology -- Rationalization and deprofessionalization of physicians -- The McDonaldization of society -- Hyperrationality: an extension of Weberian and neo-Weberian theory -- Mannheim's theory of rationalization: an alternative resource for the McDonaldization thesis? -- The McDonaldization of American sociology: a metasociological analysis. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450277803321 |
Ritzer George | ||
London, : SAGE, c2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Explorations in social theory [[electronic resource] ] : from metatheorizing to rationalization / / George Ritzer |
Autore | Ritzer George |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : SAGE, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 303 p.) |
Disciplina | 301.01 |
Soggetto topico | Social sciences - Philosophy |
ISBN |
1-4739-4605-0
0-7619-6773-7 1-280-37033-5 9786610370337 1-4129-3328-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Metatheorizing in sociology -- The deliniation of an underlying architectonic -- Sociology: a multiple paradigm science -- Toward an integrated sociological paradigm: image of the subject matter -- Potential exemplars for an integrated sociological paradigm -- Methodological relationism: lessons for and from social psychology -- From exclusion to inclusion to chaos (?) in sociological theory -- The implications of postmodern social theory for metatheorizing in sociology -- Rationalization and deprofessionalization of physicians -- The McDonaldization of society -- Hyperrationality: an extension of Weberian and neo-Weberian theory -- Mannheim's theory of rationalization: an alternative resource for the McDonaldization thesis? -- The McDonaldization of American sociology: a metasociological analysis. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783242103321 |
Ritzer George | ||
London, : SAGE, c2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Explorations in social theory : from metatheorizing to rationalization / / George Ritzer |
Autore | Ritzer George |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : SAGE, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 303 p.) |
Disciplina | 301.01 |
Soggetto topico | Social sciences - Philosophy |
ISBN |
1-4739-4605-0
0-7619-6773-7 1-280-37033-5 9786610370337 1-4129-3328-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Metatheorizing in sociology -- The deliniation of an underlying architectonic -- Sociology: a multiple paradigm science -- Toward an integrated sociological paradigm: image of the subject matter -- Potential exemplars for an integrated sociological paradigm -- Methodological relationism: lessons for and from social psychology -- From exclusion to inclusion to chaos (?) in sociological theory -- The implications of postmodern social theory for metatheorizing in sociology -- Rationalization and deprofessionalization of physicians -- The McDonaldization of society -- Hyperrationality: an extension of Weberian and neo-Weberian theory -- Mannheim's theory of rationalization: an alternative resource for the McDonaldization thesis? -- The McDonaldization of American sociology: a metasociological analysis. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810760803321 |
Ritzer George | ||
London, : SAGE, c2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Explorations in the sociology of consumption [[electronic resource] ] : fast food, credit cards and casinos / / George Ritzer |
Autore | Ritzer George |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : SAGE, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (269 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.3 |
Soggetto topico |
Consumer behavior - Social aspects
Consumption (Economics) - Social aspects |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-7619-7120-3
1-4462-2789-8 1-280-37059-9 9786610370597 1-4129-3329-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Writing to be Read; Chapter 2 - The Irrationality of Rationality; Chapter 3 - Some Thoughts on the Future of McDonaldization; Chapter 4 - The process of McDonaldization is not uniform: Nor are it's settings, consumer or the consumption of its goods and services; Chapter 5 - Expressing America: A critique of the global credit card society; Chapter 6 - Enchanting a disenchanted; Chapter 7 - Ensnared in the e-net: The future belongs to the immaterial means of consumption
Chapter 8 - Globalization theory: Lessons from the exportation of McDonaldization and the new means of consumptionChapter 9 - The new means of consumption and the situationist perspective; Chapter 10 - Thorstein Veblen in the age of hyperconsumption; Chapter 11 - Obscene from any angle: Fast food, credit cards, casinos and consumers; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450360503321 |
Ritzer George | ||
London, : SAGE, c2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Explorations in the sociology of consumption [[electronic resource] ] : fast food, credit cards and casinos / / George Ritzer |
Autore | Ritzer George |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : SAGE, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 257 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.3 |
Soggetto topico |
Consumption (Economics) - Social aspects
Consumer behavior - Social aspects |
ISBN |
0-7619-7120-3
1-4462-2789-8 1-280-37059-9 9786610370597 1-4129-3329-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Writing to be Read; Chapter 2 - The Irrationality of Rationality; Chapter 3 - Some Thoughts on the Future of McDonaldization; Chapter 4 - The process of McDonaldization is not uniform: Nor are it's settings, consumer or the consumption of its goods and services; Chapter 5 - Expressing America: A critique of the global credit card society; Chapter 6 - Enchanting a disenchanted; Chapter 7 - Ensnared in the e-net: The future belongs to the immaterial means of consumption
Chapter 8 - Globalization theory: Lessons from the exportation of McDonaldization and the new means of consumptionChapter 9 - The new means of consumption and the situationist perspective; Chapter 10 - Thorstein Veblen in the age of hyperconsumption; Chapter 11 - Obscene from any angle: Fast food, credit cards, casinos and consumers; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783594603321 |
Ritzer George | ||
London, : SAGE, c2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Explorations in the sociology of consumption [[electronic resource] ] : fast food, credit cards and casinos / / George Ritzer |
Autore | Ritzer George |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : SAGE, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 257 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.3 |
Soggetto topico |
Consumption (Economics) - Social aspects
Consumer behavior - Social aspects |
ISBN |
0-7619-7120-3
1-4462-2789-8 1-280-37059-9 9786610370597 1-4129-3329-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Writing to be Read; Chapter 2 - The Irrationality of Rationality; Chapter 3 - Some Thoughts on the Future of McDonaldization; Chapter 4 - The process of McDonaldization is not uniform: Nor are it's settings, consumer or the consumption of its goods and services; Chapter 5 - Expressing America: A critique of the global credit card society; Chapter 6 - Enchanting a disenchanted; Chapter 7 - Ensnared in the e-net: The future belongs to the immaterial means of consumption
Chapter 8 - Globalization theory: Lessons from the exportation of McDonaldization and the new means of consumptionChapter 9 - The new means of consumption and the situationist perspective; Chapter 10 - Thorstein Veblen in the age of hyperconsumption; Chapter 11 - Obscene from any angle: Fast food, credit cards, casinos and consumers; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821227703321 |
Ritzer George | ||
London, : SAGE, c2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Expressing America [[electronic resource] ] : a critique of the global credit card society / / George Ritzer |
Autore | Ritzer George |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : Pine Forge, 1995 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (259 p.) |
Disciplina |
332.765
332.7650973 |
Collana | The Pine Forge Press social science library |
Soggetto topico |
Credit cards - Social aspects - United States
Credit cards - Social aspects Consumer credit - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-8039-9069-3
1-4522-4311-5 1-4522-4666-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 - The Credit Card: Private Troubles and Public Issues; Chapter 2 - Socio-History of the Credit Card: We Probably won't Recognize the Credit Card Field by the End of the Century; Chapter 3 - Credit Card Debt: Beware the Plastic Loan Shark; Chapter 4 - Credit Card Fraud: Screw You, Mac-I Got Mine; Chapter 5 - Secrecy, Privacy, and Credit Cards: Who isn't in Their Files?; Chapter 6 - Credit Cards, Fast-Food Restaurants, and Rationalization: All You Need is 42 Digits to Make One Long-Distance Phone Call
Chapter 7 - An American Express: The Culture that Conquered the WorldAppendix; Endnotes; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910480299403321 |
Ritzer George | ||
Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : Pine Forge, 1995 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Expressing America : a critique of the global credit card society / / George Ritzer |
Autore | Ritzer George |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London : , : Pine Forge, , 1995 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 240 pages) |
Disciplina | 332.7650973 |
Collana | The Pine Forge Press social science library |
Soggetto topico |
Credit cards - Social aspects - United States
Consumption (Economics) - United States Consumer credit - United States |
ISBN |
0-8039-9069-3
1-4522-4311-5 1-4522-4666-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 - The Credit Card: Private Troubles and Public Issues; Chapter 2 - Socio-History of the Credit Card: We Probably won't Recognize the Credit Card Field by the End of the Century; Chapter 3 - Credit Card Debt: Beware the Plastic Loan Shark; Chapter 4 - Credit Card Fraud: Screw You, Mac-I Got Mine; Chapter 5 - Secrecy, Privacy, and Credit Cards: Who isn't in Their Files?; Chapter 6 - Credit Cards, Fast-Food Restaurants, and Rationalization: All You Need is 42 Digits to Make One Long-Distance Phone Call; Chapter 7 - An American Express: The Culture that Conquered the World; Appendix; Endnotes; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791715003321 |
Ritzer George | ||
Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London : , : Pine Forge, , 1995 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Expressing America : a critique of the global credit card society / / George Ritzer |
Autore | Ritzer George |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London : , : Pine Forge, , 1995 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 240 pages) |
Disciplina | 332.7650973 |
Collana | The Pine Forge Press social science library |
Soggetto topico |
Credit cards - Social aspects - United States
Consumption (Economics) - United States Consumer credit - United States |
ISBN |
0-8039-9069-3
1-4522-4311-5 1-4522-4666-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 - The Credit Card: Private Troubles and Public Issues; Chapter 2 - Socio-History of the Credit Card: We Probably won't Recognize the Credit Card Field by the End of the Century; Chapter 3 - Credit Card Debt: Beware the Plastic Loan Shark; Chapter 4 - Credit Card Fraud: Screw You, Mac-I Got Mine; Chapter 5 - Secrecy, Privacy, and Credit Cards: Who isn't in Their Files?; Chapter 6 - Credit Cards, Fast-Food Restaurants, and Rationalization: All You Need is 42 Digits to Make One Long-Distance Phone Call; Chapter 7 - An American Express: The Culture that Conquered the World; Appendix; Endnotes; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809147203321 |
Ritzer George | ||
Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London : , : Pine Forge, , 1995 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Globalization : a basic text / / George Ritzer and Paul Dean |
Autore | Ritzer George |
Edizione | [Second edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, ; ; Malden, Massachusetts : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (553 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.48/2 |
Soggetto topico | Globalization |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-118-68713-2
1-118-68834-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Globalization: A Basic Text; Copyright; Contents; About the Website; List of Figures; Preface; Chapter 1 Globalization I: Liquids, Flows, and Structures; Some of the Basics; From Solids to Liquids (to Gases); Solids; Liquids and gases; Flows; Types of flows; Heavy, Light, Weightless; Heavy Structures That Expedite Flows; Heavy Structures As Barriers to Flows; Subtler Structural Barriers; On the Increasing Ubiquity of Global Flows and Structures; Thinking about Global Flows and Structures; Chapter Summary; Discussion Questions; Additional Readings; Notes
Chapter 2 Globalization II: Some Basic Issues, Debates, and ControversiesIs There Such a Thing As Globalization?; Is It Globalization or Transnationalization?; If There Is Such a Thing As Globalization, When Did It Begin?; Hardwired; Cycles; Phases; Events; Broader, more recent changes; Globalization or Globalizations?; Economic; Political; Cultural; Religion; Science; Health and medicine; Sport; Education; What Drives Globalization?; Does Globalization Hop Rather Than Flow?; If There Is Such a Thing As Globalization, Is It Inexorable?; Does Globaphilia or Globaphobia Have the Upper Hand? GlobaphiliaGlobaphobia; Finding a middle ground; What, If Anything, Can Be Done about Globalization?; Nothing!; Everything!; Necessary actions are already underway; More, perhaps much more, needs to be done; Chapter Summary; Discussion Questions; Additional Readings; Notes; Chapter 3 Globalization and Related Processes: Imperialism, Colonialism, Development, Westernization, Easternization, and Americanization; Imperialism; The new imperialism; Colonialism; Postcolonialism; Development; Westernization; Easternization; Americanization A Broader and Deeper View of the Americanization of Consumer CultureMinimizing the Importance of Americanization; Anti-Americanism; Comparisons with Globalization; The Era of the "Posts"; Chapter Summary; Discussion Questions; Additional Readings; Notes; Chapter 4 Neoliberalism: Roots, Principles, Criticisms, and Neo-Marxian Alternatives; The Past, Present, and Future of Neoliberalism; Neoliberalism: An Exemplary Statement and the Basic Principles; Popular Neoliberal "Theory": The Case of Thomas Friedman; The Lexus and the Olive Tree; The World is Flat; Critiquing Neoliberalism The early thinking of Karl PolanyiContemporary criticisms of neoliberalism; Neoliberalism as Exception; Neoliberalism: The Case of Israel; The End of History; The Death of Neoliberalism?; Neo-Marxian Theoretical Alternatives to Neoliberalism; Transnational capitalism; Empire; Chapter Summary; Discussion Questions; Additional Readings; Notes; Chapter 5 Global Political Structures and Processes; On Political Processes and Flows; The Nation-State; Threats to the nation-state; In Defense of the Nation-State; "Imagined Community"; Changes in Global Nation-State Relations Other Global Political Developments and Structures |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463608503321 |
Ritzer George | ||
Chichester, West Sussex, ; ; Malden, Massachusetts : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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