What did George Ritzer mean when he coined the phrase the "McDonaldization of society"?

What will be an ideal response


the standardization of everyday life, including the robot-like assembly of food, one-stop shopping at malls, packaged vacation tours, and short news blips

Sociology

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According to Karl Marx, inequality is caused by:

a. the need for competition to ensure the best candidates for any particular job. b. the economic structuring that occurs as society moves from manufacturing to service jobs. c. private ownership of the means of production. d. All of these are explanations for inequality offered by Marx.

Sociology

By the end of the 1990s, the term ______ became widely used to characterize the struggle between increasingly mainstream LGB visibility and those who opposed it.

A. appropriation B. society wars C. culture wars D. acculturation

Sociology

Which of the following statements about Generation X is true?

A. As children, they were less likely than Baby Boomers to experience the divorce of their parents. B. They were born during World War Ii. C. They belong to the largest birth cohort in history. D. They are more likely to be single and without children than previous generations.

Sociology

As a result of extensive and universal social services, the social welfare states have __________ than the United States

A) higher infant mortality rates B) lower literacy rates C) lower rates of violent crime D) higher rates of violent crime

Sociology