02004nam a2200313Ia 4500 ebr10080954 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 010120s2001 enk sb 001 0 eng d 0761967729 0761967737 (pbk.) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)228114392 HM585 .R578 2001eb 301.01 21 Ritzer, George. Explorations in social theory [electronic resource] : from metatheorizing to rationalization / 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. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10080954 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 55015 55015