POLANGUI COMMUNITY COLLEGE

POLANGUI, ALBAY

REACTION
PAPER

Submitted by:
Mariela C. Atanante

Submitted to:
Ms. Sheryl Gandia
 Positive Function of Undeserving
Poor
HERBERT J. GANS

The Positive Function of Undeserving Poor By: HERBERT J.

GANS was very interesting, he expand my knowledge on the importance of
the functions of the undeserving poor. He discusses the strange alliance
between the poor and the wealthy in American society. He states that the
underprivileged in essence have kept several vocations in existence such as
social work, criminology, and journalism. These vocations serve the
double pretense of aiding the less fortunate and protecting society from
these same individuals. He Mentions 15 important points of the ways that
poor people have a positive contribute to society.

H.J Gans applies this same logic to the existence of poverty in a society
that had so much material wealth and concluded that poverty had 15
functions in society that was beneficial to non-poor members. They
include making sure that the menial work tasks of society will be taken
care of, the creation of jobs that provide aid for the poor, and the existence
of the poor keeps the aristocracy busy with charitable works,
demonstrating charity to the less fortunate and superiority over the elites
who chose to spend their free time making more money. He also give
several alternatives to poverty such as redistribution of the wealth in
society, putting everyone on a more even playing field, but ultimately
concluded that poverty will continue to exist because disturbing the
unequal balance between the poor and the wealthy in society would prove
to be dysfunctional for the affluent and that will not happen.
 The McDonaldization
of Society
GEORGE RITZER

McDonaldization of Society By George Ritzer describe a

sociological phenomenon that is happening in our society. This
refers to the particular kind of rationalization of production, work,
and consumption. He said that McDonaldization affects our values,
preferences, goals, and worldview, our identities and our social
relationships.

Ritzer, changes within science, economy, and culture have

shifted societies away from Weber's bureaucracy to a new social
structure and order that he calls McDonaldization. As he explains
in his book of the same name, this new economic and social order is
defined by four key aspects.

. Efficiency entails a managerial focus on minimizing the

time required to complete individual tasks as well as that
required to complete the whole operation or process of
production and distribution.
. Calculability is a focus on quantifiable objectives (counting
things) rather than subjective ones (evaluation of quality).
. Predictability and standardization are found in
repetitive and routinized production or service delivery
processes and in the consistent output of products or
experiences that are identical or close to it (predictability of
the consumer experience).
. Finally, control within McDonaldization is wielded by the
management to ensure that workers appear and act the same
on a moment-to-moment and daily basis. It also refers to the
use of robots and technology to reduce or replace human
employees wherever possible.