McDonaldization

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This paper critiques of an article and a chapter of the book entitled "The McDonaldization of Society" by George Ritzer. The author points out that this chapter deals with our pursuit of efficiency, even when it's dehumanizing and even when it leads to subsequent inefficiencies. The paper relates that the article talks about convergence of different economies and cultures despite social and cultural differences.

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"There is much food for thought regarding how work and economics - and consequently society itself - are structured in both Rutherford's article and Ritzer's chapter on Efficiency, and upon reading both we can see how the widely applicable and readily observable tendencies outlined by Ritzer fill in much of the background that is lacking from Rutherford's analysis."

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