Acculturation: Definition and Context
The study of acculturation is the study of one aspect of culture change. The two processes are related but are not identical. In itself, “acculturation comprehends those phenomena which result when groups of individuals having different cultures come into continuous first-hand contact with subsequent changes in the original culture patterns of either or both groups.” 1 To put the matter more succinctly, “Acculturation is the study of the cultural transmission process.” 2
The Sociology of Majorities
A CASUAL but not uninterested observer of the current sociological scene could not fail to notice the serious concern within the field for problems of minorities and minority groups. If he pauses to reflect upon this phenomenon the thought may occur to him that nowhere is there a similar or even comparable concern for majorities and majority groups. Systematic treatments of this latter subject are distinguished by their scarcity, and this may seem doubly strange in view of the fact that some of the societies in which sociology has reached its highest development accept as almost axiomatic the political principle of majority rule. The proposition that majorities have been neglected requires no more than negative evidence. Even those sociologists like Simmel,' von Wiese,2 and MacIver,3 who have touched upon the subject, have done so largely in a political rather than a sociological context.4
Career Choice Inclination of the College Graduates——under the Analytic Framework on the Basis of LMS Theory
Employment difficulty of college graduates has become a social problem in China today.The research group has found that college graduates have a strong inclination in career choice considering units and regions.In terms of China's manpower market and the segmented labor market theory,it is found that their inclination is caused by the great income gap of different regions,the high cost of job transfer,and the sharp differences in social welfare.It is thus obvious that solution to the problem lies with the gradual breakdown of the institutional segment of labor market.