Modern Sociology Theory

RitzerÆs views of sociology focus on how the relationships between social institutions impact societies and the individuals living within them. From this structural functionalist viewpoint, Ritzer views sociology as a multidisciplinary paradigm. Modernity is linked to the growth of capitalism, the increasing control of bureaucratic modes of authority, and the rise of new kinds of social solidarity and unity. Modern daily life plays out in a context of powerful industrialized states, state-of-the-art technologies, changing patterns and methods of producing and consuming, the creation of enormous wealth and unparalleled capacity for waste and destruction. While these structural institutions Ritzer (1992) maintains that society would breakdown, ôwithout the normative regulation of means, society would be afflicted by chaos, anomie, and apat

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As Maslak (2001) explains, ôThe micro-objective section deals with the patterns of observable action and interaction between individuals. The micro-subjective level reflects individualsÆ perceptions of, attitudes toward, and beliefs about the systemö (4). RitzerÆs social theory also maintains that there is a relationship among and between the different quadrants, with each of them influencing social order, change, and individual behavior. For example, each of the relationships among and between the quadrants represents a different aspect of the forces that impact individuals and society. As Maslak (2001) explains it, the macro-subjective/micro-subjective relationship illustrates the ôrelationship between the representations that constitute structural constraints and opportunities and the individualsÆ perceptions of, beliefs about and attitudes towards those elementsö (4). The greatest illustration of RitzerÆs sociological theories is evident in his definition of the phenomenon of what he views as the McDonaldization of society. Within this theory we most clearly see how the institutions in society, influenced by cultural society, impact individual behavior and social changes. In the modern world daily life and behavior have
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