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    thinking in his book The McDonaldization of Society. McDonaldization was a concept that I was unfamiliar with but now I feel as if I understand it. The term itself is refers to a larger process of running a business efficiently. It is taking every action into account to produce the most efficient‚ predictable and controlled end. Ritzer points out that this way of doing business is dehumanizing the world and making it more homogenous. Ritzer provides many examples of how McDonaldization is overtaking society

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    Report 550012007/2005 The health impacts of globalisation: a conceptual framework M.M.T.E. Huynen‚ ICIS‚ Maastricht University‚ Maastricht P. Martens‚ ICIS‚ Maastricht University‚ Maastricht H.B.M. Hilderink‚ Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP)‚ Bilthoven Contact: M.Huynen@ICIS.unimaas.nl ICIS‚ Maastricht University Kapoenstraat 23 6211 KV Maastricht P.O. Box 616 6200 MD Maastricht The Netherlands Phone number: ++ 31 43 3882662 Fax: ++ 31 43 3884916 website: www.icis.unimaas.nl Netherlands

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    Americanization of Globalization Denzel Speights English 1133: Freshman Composition II November 21‚ 2012 American business is renowned for its domination in food‚ clothing‚ media‚ and technology. Various cultures and companies know that America’s marketing strategy isn’t like any one else in the world. Their business comes on a large scale to showcase everything on a worldwide media market. American companies are Globalizing societies by Americanizing them

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    in the same economic activity. On the other hand‚ the "global economy" is one in which goods‚ services‚ people‚ skills‚ and ideas move freely across geographic borders‚ ie the range is no longer just national but spreads to other countries. Globalization on the other hand‚ is the diffusion of innovations worldwide economic and political and cultural adjustments that accompany it‚ fostering international integration‚ which has increased substantially over the past generation‚ and through it‚ globalized

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    Jennifer Kleinhenz Sociology 465 Dr. Li June 7‚ 2010 McDonaldization of Society In the novel “The McDonaldization of Society‚” George Ritzer defines McDonaldization as “the process by which the principles of the fast-food restaurant are coming to dominate more and more sectors of American society as well as the rest of the world” (Ritzer 1) and explains how this concept not only affects people who eat at fast food restaurants but basically every citizen of the United States. Since the beginning

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    He went on to write a social critique on the subject‚ applying sociological theories to the culture in a way that lay readers would understand. The McDonaldization of Society (Pine Forge/Sage Publications) was successful enough that he wrote several follow-ups‚ including The McDonaldization Thesis and Enchanting a Disenchanted World (both Sage Publications). Ritzer’s most recent book is Explorations in the Sociology of Consumption: Fast Food‚ Credit Cards‚ and Casinos

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    Informative speech 1. The Effects of McDonaldization on America a. What is the McdDonaldization of America? i. The standardized tastes a ii. loss of uniqueness and individuality iii. a norm of uniformity‚ iv. mass production v. mass consumption. 2. McDonald’s comes in‚ saying that the brand will bring many jobs. b. Beef producers‚ flourishing for years‚ now have McDonald’s as their only market. c. In 1968‚ McDonald’s

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    2014 WHAT IS GLOBALIZATION? ESSAY Introduction Many analysts have attempted to define globalization in a variety of ways. Some explain it only on economic perspective. Others define on more overall perspective‚ which means that globalization can affect several areas‚ not only economy. Each approach has its own strengths and weaknesses: general definitions will be likely to be more base-covered but less concrete‚ while specific definition will provide vivid images of how globalization has been impacting

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    Chapter I The Problem and Its Background Introduction Globalization has practically changed societies all over the world. It has paved the way for the so called “borderless economy”. With the advent of the Internet‚ the role of information has dramatically changed the way people live and do business. As Naval points out in her paper‚ an immense reduction of time and space barriers among great nations is made possible through interconnectivity. She illustrated that such interconnections

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    Women and the Globalization Samir D. Ajmeri Abstract: How do rising levels of international interconnectedness affect the social‚ economic‚ and political condition of women? Competing hypotheses are easy to identify; indeed‚ a prudent answer to the question would be that some women will benefit from globalization and some will be hurt‚ or that the status of women will improve in some respects but not others. We advance the hypothesis that‚

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