SOCI 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Mcdonaldization, Complex Number, Meritocracy
9 Sep 2016
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Mcdonaldization - ritzer: ef ciency (#1 principle, quanti ed and calculated, predictability, control. Substitution of nonhuman technology for human judgment: advantages - Egalitarian: people to have more things based on system, ef ciency & quanti ed and calculated. Affordability: quality is not that important, disadvantages - More homogenized culture: everyone has the same. Less exibility/creativity: we get what we need. Irrationality of rationality: when something rational is put in place and becomes irrational, rational system is unreasonable. Doesn"t make sense: dependent variables - Degree of or level of mcdonaldization: independent variables - Population size: larger popular size - more mcdonaldization. Technological advancement: when newer technologies that can handle people - mcdonaldization goes up. Increasing pace of life: faster and more complicated lives get - more mcdonaldization we see in society. Bureaucracy - weber (early 1900s: government agencies started to look alike. Explicit rules and procedures: everybody knows, helps agency run smoothly.
