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Explorations in social theory from metatheorizing to rationalization

Title
Explorations in social theory [electronic resource] : from metatheorizing to rationalization / George Ritzer.
ISBN
0761967729
0761967737 (pbk.)
Published
London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2001.
Physical Description
xii, 303 p.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2005. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 23, 2006
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [272]-292) and index.
Contents
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.
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