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.

`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

• Resisting McDonaldization - Barry SmartTheory, Process and CritiqueGolden Arches and Iron Cages - Christiane Bender and Gianfranco PoggiMcDonaldization and the Poverty of Cultural Pessimism at the End of the Twentieth CenturyHave You Had Your Theory Today? - John O′Neill McDonaldization Enframed - Deena Weinstein and Michael A WeinsteinRich Food - Joanne FinkelsteinMcDonald′s and Modern LifeMcCitizens - Bryan TurnerRisk, Coolness and Irony in Contemporary PoliticsTheme Parks and McDonaldization - Alan BrymanThe McDonaldization of Sport and Leisure - David JaryMcDonaldized Culture - The End of Communication? - Richard M[um]unchArt Centres - Gary Alan FineSouthern Folk Art and the Splintering of a Hegemonic MarketDennis Hopper, McDonald′s and Nike - Norman K DenzinTheorizing/Resisting McDonaldization - Douglas KellnerA Multiperspectivist ApproachThe Moral Malaise of McDonaldization - Keith TesterThe Values of VegetarianismMcFascism? Reading Ritzer, Bauman and the Holocaust - Peter BeilharzAssessing the Resistance - George Ritzer