Multicultural Policy for Social Integration - Case of Germany and Korea -

Abstract

Korea in which a homogeneous culture has been relatively long enjoyed is currently entering a multi-cultural society, facing challenges caused by the influx of heterogeneous culture(s) together with the immigrant workers, immigrant spouses, refugees from North Korea, overseas students, etc. To cope with challenges wisely we should try to formulate and implement various measures to promote social integration. This paper intends to offer some suggestions on the implementation of desirable policies for social integration by conducting comparative studies on multi-cultural backgrounds, policies and social integration programs of Germany and Korea. In this context, it is worth mentioning that Germany which has had multi-cultural experiences earlier than Korea can present some implications of German case for seeking resolutions to problems with regard to multi-cultural conflicts Korea are now facing or will face in the near future.

Cross-Cultural Analysis of Children's Moral Education: Perspectives on Deception in Korean and Western Folklores

“…The individualism-collectivism scale measures a dimension of Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory, analyzing the characteristics of interpersonal group integration of societies (2001). Although the demography and perspectives towards multiculturalism in Korea are changing, Korea has had a long history of conservative attitudes and policies towards foreigners (Kim & Cho, 2012;Shen & Shen, 2017). Despite the rapid increase in the population of foreigners and shift towards multiculturalism, Korea's image as a monoethnic and monocultural society are still ingrained both to Koreans and foreigners (Kim & Cho, 2012).…”

“…Furthermore, the two cultures' foreign policies, history and socio-cultural status determine the exposure to different ideas and cultures. Their general policies and outlook towards foreign cultures are comparable, since despite the rapid increase in foreigners, Korea is still prominently a monolingual, monoethnic and monocultural country (Kim & Cho, 2012;Shen & Shen, 2017). In contrast, Western culture has a layered history of migration, colonization and hybridity of various cultures (Rosenmann, 2016).…”

Chi-Square Automatic Interaction Detection Modeling for Predicting Depression in Multicultural Female Students

“…Depression experience rate was high for female students who entered South Korea through rejoined entry (32.6%), could speak Korean at an intermediate level (42.6%), could listen Korean at a poor level (38.9%), could read Korea at an intermediate level (37.6%), could write Korean at poor level (40.4%), had experienced in Korean education (42.9%), experienced career counseling, and experienced social discrimination (53.0%). www.ijacsa.thesai.org 2 Gain n(%); gain number, % to 2,627 3 Response (%): The fraction of the depression in subjects 4 Gain index (%):=343.9 in total 10 node…”

“…Nevertheless, the policies for multicultural families in South Korea mainly focus on employment or welfare and there are not enough studies about the health of multicultural families [3], [4]. Moreover, the previous studies on adolescents from multicultural families mainly aimed at their academic performance and school adjustment and only a few studies evaluated the emotional characteristics of them, including depression [5].…”