BOOK NEWS 2001
THEORIES FOR PRACTICE:
SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONIST TRANSLATIONS
ABOUT THE BOOK
“As these pages decidedly demonstrate, Jim Forte by any standard is an exceptional scholar of symbolic interaction … I know of few persons in symbolic interaction more prepared for a comprehensive treatment of the corpus of the field than Professor Forte.” Professor David D. Franks, Virginia Commonwealth University
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Table of Contents
List of Tables
Foreword
Preface
Theoretical Languages and the Art of Conversation
The Framework for Symbolic Interactionist Theory, Inquiry, and Practice
Social Behaviorism
Psychodynamic Interactionism
Socio-Cognitive Science
Interactionist Role Theory
Systemic Interactionism
Critical Interactionism
Feminist Pragmatism
Interactional Naturalism
Symbolic Ecology
Economic Interactionism
Parting Words: An Interactionist Approach to Multiple Theory Use
Professor Forte Publishes First Book
**Theoreticians associated with different schools of thought have been
participating in spirited exchanges about the nature of membership in
society for more than a century. Theory users cannot afford disciplinary
chauvinism but must borrow from many of these traditions. “Theories
for Practice” crosses disciplinary boundaries and draws from
psychology, sociology, economics, biology, the cognitive sciences and
other disciplines as they contribute to the practical understanding of
social membership processes. It provides social workers, applied
sociologists, and other human service professionals with practical tools
for developing fluency in many theoretical languages.”
jamesaforte 
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