Structure and Values in the Explanation of Acculturation Rates

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ID5632814
AuthorsRonald J Silvers (corresponding author)
Year1965
Volume16
Issue1
Pages68
Publication date1965-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-1315 • E-ISSN: 1468-4446
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/588567
PMID14286974
OpenAlexW2316641708
LanguageEN
Citations received8

A RECENT ARTICLE by S. Alexander Weinstock' explains different rates of acculturation among immigrants in terms of occupational rank. The empirical uniformity considered by Weinstock is the correlation between (a higher) occupational rank in the former country and (a greater) rate of acculturation in the new society for emigres with transferable occupations who move from one industrial society to another. The correlation is examined by two sets of theoretical propositions. The first set, constructed along structural lines, deals with the increasing pressures for conformity to normative patterns of the host society in positive correspondence with higher ranking on the occupational prestige scale. The second set asserts a presence of a need for roleship among all men which encourages association and acceptance of new groups containing similar normative systems. This paper is an effort to test and reformulate Weinstock's theory of acculturation in light of evidence obtained from past studies of acculturation patterns, and, in so doing, evaluates the application of a strictly structural explanation for explaining differential acculturation rates. The case studies and evaluation demonstrate the limitations of structural analysis and underscore the necessity for including information and propositions concerning the value systems of the immigrant's native and new society

Acculturation · Ethnic group · Sociology · Anthropology · Mathematics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Psychology

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