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| Preface | |
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| An Introduction to McDonaldization | |
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| McDonalds as a Global Icon | |
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| The Long Arm of McDonaldization | |
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| The Dimensions of McDonaldization | |
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| The Advantages of McDonaldization | |
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| A Critique of McDonaldization: The Irrationality of Rationality | |
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| What Isn't McDonaldized | |
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| McDonald's Troubles: Implications for McDonaldization | |
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| A Look Ahead | |
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| McDonaldization and Its Precursors: From the Iron Cage to the Fast-Food Industry | |
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| Bureaucratization: Making Life More Rational | |
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| The Holocaust: Mass-Produced Death | |
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| Scientific Management: Finding the One Best Way | |
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| The Assembly Line: Turning Workers Into Robots | |
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| Levittown: Putting Up Houses | |
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| Shopping Centers: Malling America | |
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| McDonald's: Creating the "Fast-Food Factory" | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Efficiency: Drive-Throughs and Finger Foods | |
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| Streamlining the Process | |
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| Simplifying the Product | |
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| Putting Customers to Work | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Calculability: Big Macs and Little Chips | |
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| Emphasizing Quantity Rather Than Quality of Products | |
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| Giving the Illusion of Quantity | |
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| Reducing Production and Service to Number | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Predictability: It Never Rains on Those Little Houses on the Hillside | |
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| Creating Predictable Settings | |
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| Scripting Ineraction With Customers | |
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| Making Employee Behavior Predictable | |
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| Creating Predictable Products and Processes | |
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| Minimizing Danger and Unpleasantness | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Control: Human and Nonhuman Robots | |
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| Controlling Employees | |
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| Controlling Customers | |
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| Controlling the Process and the Product | |
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| The Ultimate Experience of Control? Birth and Death | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Irrationality of Rationality: Traffic Jams on Those "Happy Trails" | |
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| Inefficiency: Long Lines at the Checkout | |
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| High Cost: Better Off at Home | |
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| The Illusion of Fun: Ha, Ha, the Stock Market Just Crashed | |
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| The Illusion of Reality: Even the "Singers" Aren't Real | |
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| False Friendliness: "Hi, George" | |
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| Disenchantment: Where's the Magic | |
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| Health and Environmental Hazards: Even Your Pets Are at Risk | |
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| Homogenization: It's No Different in Paris | |
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| Dehumanization: Getting Hosed at "Trough and Brew" | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Globalization and McDonaldization: Does It All Amount to... Nothing? | |
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| Globalization | |
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| McDonaldization and Grobalization | |
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| Nothing-Somthing and McDonaldization | |
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| Nothing-Something and Grobalization-Glocalization | |
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| The Case for McDonaldization as an Example of the Glocalization of Something | |
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| The Case for McDonaldization as an Example of the Grobalization of Nothing | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| McDonaldization in a Changing World: Are There Any Limits? | |
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| The Forces Driving McDonaldization: It Pays, We Value It, It Fits | |
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| Other Major Social Changes: McDonaldization in the Era of the "Posts" | |
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| Are There Any Limits to the Expansion of McDonaldization? | |
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| Looking to the Future: De-McDonaldization? | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Dealing With McDonaldization: A Practical Guide | |
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| Creating "Reasonable" Alternatives: Sometimes You Really Do Have to Break the Rules | |
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| Fighting Back Collectively: Saving Hearts, Minds, Taste Buds, and the Piazza di Spagna | |
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| Coping Individually: " Skunk Works," Blindfolded Children, and Fantasy Worlds | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |