TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract A common charge against qualitative researchers in general and interactionist researchers in particular is that they produce descriptive, a-theoretical accounts of group life. We consider the problem of “analytic interruptus” in contemporary symbolic interactionism – that is, a failure to move beyond analyses of individual cases – and offer a potential to a solution via the pursuit of a generic social process (GSP) research agenda. A GSP approach involves developing, assessing, and revising concepts from the close scrutiny of empirical instances across diverse contexts. By considering criticisms of GSPs from feminist and postmodernist scholars, a more informed, qualified, and better-situated approach to the framework becomes possible. We argue that GSPs remain a quintessential analytical tool to explore subcultural realities and build formal theories of the social world.
VL  - 50
SN  - 978-1-78769-546-7, 978-1-78769-545-0/0163-2396
DO  - 10.1108/S0163-239620190000050003
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S0163-239620190000050003
AU  - McLuhan Arthur
AU  - Puddephatt Antony
PY  - 2019
Y1  - 2019/01/01
TI  - Overcoming “Analytic Interruptus”: The Genesis, Development, and Future of Generic Social Processes
T2  - The Interaction Order
T3  - Studies in Symbolic Interaction
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 71
EP  - 93
Y2  - 2024/09/20
ER  -