A Note on the Value of Structural Explanations in the Study of Acculturation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7676930 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexander Weinstock, S Alexander Weinstock (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1966 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 60 |
| Publication date | 1966-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1315 • E-ISSN: 1468-4446 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/588433 |
| PMID | 5907135 |
| OpenAlex | W2313641846 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
WAS PLEASED to see that my article 'Role Elements: A Link between Acculturation and Occupational Status' stimulated Mr. Silvers to further consideration of the problems of acculturation.2 I do not think, however, that he would have made these comments about my work had he consulted my supporting data.3 As I understand him, Mr. Silvers' main criticism of my view of acculturation is that it takes into account only structural factors, or in other words, that it fails to pay attention to volitional and other factors which he lumps together under the headings 'economic, political, religious, etc.'4 He concludes, therefore, that according to my theory, 'the actor resembles a stiff, mechanical organism responding only to an external social environment'.' Had he troubled himself to examine
Acculturation · Ethnic group · Sociology · Statistics · Value (mathematics · Anthropology · Mathematics · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2003 - 2003 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |