Ritzer, George.
Explorations in social theory from metatheorizing to rationalization / [electronic resource] : George Ritzer. - London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2001. - xii, 303 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [272]-292) and index.
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.
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Social sciences--Philosophy.
Civilization.
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HM585 / .R578 2001eb
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Explorations in social theory from metatheorizing to rationalization / [electronic resource] : George Ritzer. - London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2001. - xii, 303 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [272]-292) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Social sciences--Philosophy.
Civilization.
Electronic books.
HM585 / .R578 2001eb
301.01