SOCIAL SYSTEMS IN MULTICULTURAL SOCIETIES

Abstract

In constructing a model of interaction among ethnic groups in multicultural societies we adopt a humanistic sociological perspective. This is the name given to that orientation in sociology which in Poland and the United States has been associated with the names of Florian Znaniecki, William I. Thomas and Robert M. MacIver. This school has emphasised the need ‘to accept human values and activities as facts, just as human agents themselves accept them’ (1), and stressed the need to interpret all social and cultural activities from the standpoint of the actors themselves, and not merely that of the outside observer.

Citation

Smolicz, J.J. (1983), "SOCIAL SYSTEMS IN MULTICULTURAL SOCIETIES", International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol. 3 No. 3, pp. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb012946