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988949
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b743319
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Ritzer, George.
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| Title & Author
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Explorations in social theory : : from metatheorizing to rationalization /\ George Ritzer.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;Thousand Oaks, Calif. :: SAGE,, 2001.
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1 online resource (xii, 303 pages)
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| ISBN
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1280370335
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: 1412933285
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: 1446220168
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: 6610370338
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: 9781280370335
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: 9781412933285
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: 9781446220160
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: 9786610370337
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0761967729
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0761967737
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9780761967729
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9780761967736
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-292) and index.
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| Contents
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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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Ritzer offers a description of the sociological condition in this text. It contains reflections on uses and missuses of metatheory and finds a way out of the confusion by sketching out the lineaments of an integrated sociological paradigm.
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Civilization.
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Social sciences-- Philosophy.
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Civilization.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Regional Studies.
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Social sciences-- Philosophy.
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Metatheorie.
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Rationalisering.
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Sociologie.
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| Dewey Classification
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301.01
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| LC Classification
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HM585.R578 2001eb
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71.02bcl
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