CONFUSIONS ABOUT MULTICULTURATION
Jan Pakulski
Journal Sociology 2004, Vol. 50(1) 23-36

CRITIQUE PAPER

Submitted to: Prof. Jennelyn Gomez
Good Samaritan Colleges City of Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement in Ed 106 Social Dimensions in Education
Submitted by: Mary Joy V. Lumbania

Purpose of the Study The purpose of the study is to provide a clarification of the original meaning of multiculturalism as adopted in Austria. By means of a careful review of theoretically relevant literature and through different sociologist views about multiculturalism. This study seeks clarification about what will happen to Australian if they embrace multiculturalism. The purpose of this study is to know the main goal of multiculturalism in Australian.
Apparatus and Procedure
Results
The clarification about the confusions of multiculturalism is not clear. The study is ended up in wide comparative analysis, comparing the outcomes in societies when Australian embraced the multiculturalism. After studying the possible outcomes of multiculturalism the Australian interpreted the multiculturalism as a form of ‘social contract’ between the majority and the diverse minorities. And the ‘social contract’ is about the majority accepts and protect minorities, affirms cultural differences and supports a degree of the majority. Law, justice system, parliamentary democracy and market economy is involves in the ‘social contract’.
Conclusion
This paper suggests that multicultural has good effect in Australian. Multiculturalism’s main goal is to respect the diversity in Australia. Australian multiculturalism has always been ‘reciprocal’ in the sense of promoting both rights and duties/obligations. These rights are spelt out in a more explicit manner, including ‘the freedom to choose and maintain one’s own cultural identity’. Multiculturalism involves respect for cultural differences and sense of belonging and attachment to a particular way of living.
Critique
The author’s article is appropriate and clear because the author gives the different theories and the authors give the possible outcomes in Australia when they embrace multiculturalism. The author’s purpose in writing the article is clear in the introduction. All the information that the author’s discuss is all relevant in the confusion about multiculturalism in Australia. The author’s statement in confusions about multiculturalism is clear and well delivered. The author didn’t emphasize any information that can help in clarifying the confusions about multiculturalism in Australia. He didn’t highlight the important information and the article has not specific answer about multiculralism. He didn’t even answer the problem about the confusion of Australian about multiculturalism.