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Contributors. <p>Introduction.</p> <p>Acknowledgments.</p> <p>Timeline.</p> <p>Lexicon.</p> <p>Sociology A–Z.</p> <p>Index.</p>

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<b>George Ritzer</b> is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, with awards that include the American Sociological Association's Distinguished Contribution to Teaching Award. He is the author of numerous books including <i>The McDonaldization of Society</i> (1993; 2008), <i>The Globalization of Nothing</i> (2003; 2007) <i>Globalization: A Basic Text</i> (2010) and the editor of <i>The Encyclopedia of Social Theory</i> (2005), <i>The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology</i> (2007), <i>The Blackwell Companion to Globalization</i> (2007) and the forthcoming <i>The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization</i>. His work has been translated into over twenty languages.<br /> <br /> <p><b>J. Michael Ryan</b> is a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at the University of Maryland at College Park. He was senior managing editor of <i>The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology</i> (2007) and is managing editor of the online edition of that project as well as for several other forthcoming encyclopedias from Blackwell. Mike also served as managing editor of the <i>Journal of Consumer Culture</i> for four years. He has published more than a dozen articles and book chapters on consumption, sexuality, globalization, and social theory and has been the recipient of numerous awards for his commitment to teaching, LGBT rights, and social change.</p>

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