George Ritzer (born 1940) is Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park. He has published extensively (monographs, textbooks for students, reviews, etc.). He is probably best known to the non-academic world for his "McDonaldization" thesis, which is described and discussed in the following books:

• George Ritzer: The McDonaldization of Society (4th edition 2004, new edition forthcoming in 2007; first published in 1993) (ISBN 0761986286). The book has been translated into 16 languages. ("The McDonaldization of Society" is also the title of an essay by Ritzer first published in the Journal of American Culture Vol.6, No.1 (Spring 1983) 100-107.)

• George Ritzer: The McDonaldization Thesis: Explorations and Extensions (1998) (ISBN 0761955402). Here, Ritzer applies his thesis to various areas such as tourism ("post-tourism", "McDisneyization") or university ("McUniversity").

• George Ritzer (ed.): McDonaldization: The Reader (2002) (ISBN 0761987673).

External links

• Professor Ritzer's official website
• What is McDonaldization?

1940 births | Living people | American sociologists | University of Maryland, College Park faculty

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