The McDonaldization of Society¶
Ritzer, G. (1993). The McDonaldization of Society: An Investigation into the Changing Character of Contemporary Social Life. Pine Forge Press.
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Mechanisms¶
- Franchise-like Replication
- Over-rationalizing every unit into identical, script-bound sameness can hollow out the very quality it was meant to protect — the efficiency-through-uniformity dynamic that "McDonaldization" names and warns about.
This sourceMcDonaldization names efficiency-through-uniformity and control while warning that formal rationality can produce irrational outcomes.
- Over-rationalizing every unit into identical, script-bound sameness can hollow out the very quality it was meant to protect — the efficiency-through-uniformity dynamic that "McDonaldization" names and warns about.
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