01975nam a2200301Ia 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054020001500095020002200110040002100132035002100153050002400174082001500198100002000213245011700233260005200350300001600402504006600418505081400484533015201298650003301450650001801483655002901501710001701530856012601547ebr10080954CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||010120s2001    enk     sb    001 0 eng d  z0761967729  z0761967737 (pbk.)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)22811439214aHM585b.R578 2001eb04a301.012211 aRitzer, George.10aExplorations in social theoryh[electronic resource] :bfrom metatheorizing to rationalization /cGeorge Ritzer.  aLondon ;aThousand Oaks, Calif. :bSAGE,c2001.  axii, 303 p.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [272]-292) and index.0 aMetatheorizing 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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2009.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aSocial sciencesxPhilosophy. 0aCivilization. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10080954zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view