Resisting McDonaldization

Barry Smart is Professor of Sociology at the University of Portsmouth and has longstanding research interests in the fields of social theory, political economy, and philosophy. His research interests include critical social research ethics; higher education; and collaborative work on veganism, ethics, lifestyle and environment.

Resisting McDonaldization - Barry Smart Theory, Process and Critique Golden Arches and Iron Cages - Christiane Bender and Gianfranco Poggi McDonaldization and the Poverty of Cultural Pessimism at the End of the Twentieth Century Have You Had Your Theory Today? - John O'Neill McDonaldization Enframed - Deena Weinstein and Michael A Weinstein Rich Food - Joanne Finkelstein McDonald's and Modern Life McCitizens - Bryan Turner Risk, Coolness and Irony in Contemporary Politics Theme Parks and McDonaldization - Alan Bryman The McDonaldization of Sport and Leisure - David Jary McDonaldized Culture - The End of Communication? - Richard M[um]unch Art Centres - Gary Alan Fine Southern Folk Art and the Splintering of a Hegemonic Market Dennis Hopper, McDonald's and Nike - Norman K Denzin Theorizing/Resisting McDonaldization - Douglas Kellner A Multiperspectivist Approach The Moral Malaise of McDonaldization - Keith Tester The Values of Vegetarianism McFascism? Reading Ritzer, Bauman and the Holocaust - Peter Beilharz Assessing the Resistance - George Ritzer

`An impressively wide-ranging collection of critical responses to, and applications of, Ritzer's thesis, including contributions by some of the world's leading social theorists and held together by Barry Smart's comprehensive introduction and Ritzer's own detailed response to his admirers and critics. The 'Ritzer thesis', as it has come to be know, has of course found a massive response, admirably captured in this volume' - William Outhwaite, University of Sussex `Consumer capitalism may be spreading everywhere, but not without opposition. As Resisting McDonaldization shows, a wide variety of people and movements struggle to maintain the local, to combine economic development with greater equality and justice, and to pursue alternative visions of the global future. The essays are trenchant and timely' - Craig Calhoun, New York University, USA