Essay on Sociology: Immigration, Multiculturalism & Australia's Face

This essay analyzes Bastian's chapter on immigration, multiculturalism, and Australia's changing face, reflecting on the author's childhood experiences with multiculturalism and the societal changes over 200 years. It discusses the integration of immigrants, mainly from Asian countries, and the resulting adjustments for both immigrants and long-term residents. The essay highlights the merger of cultures, the importance of attitudes and behaviors, and the concept of identity within a multicultural society. It further addresses the challenges faced by immigrants and residents, the acculturation processes, and the factors necessary for a balanced multiculturalism, emphasizing the significance of intergroup interactions and the implementation of multiculturalist viewpoints in the Australian context. Desklib provides a platform for students to access similar essays and study resources.

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Bastian, (2012) in the book chapter entitled “Immigration, multiculturalism and the
changing face of Australia discusses the issues that are related to the multiculturalism and the
ways in which the concerned Australians tended to adapt to the immigration of the people of the
Asian cultural backgrounds to the Australian territories. The chapter opens with the author’s
reflection on his childhood days and the issues that he had experienced in the matters that were
related to the multiculturalism within the given organization (Bastian, 2012). The author
proceeds with the article with a discussion on the changes that had overtaken the Australian
community over a timespan of almost 200 years since the independence of the country. The
author states that the Australian society has been observed to incorporate the immigrations form
the other countries that are inclusive of the developing countries that are mostly found in the
Asian continent (Bastian, 2012). The author suggests that the immigrations from the various
countries have resulted in the period that was dedicated to the adjustment on the part of the
immigrants as well as the people who have been residing in the given areas of Australia.
The author suggests that the concerned immigrants as well as their culture have found a
merger with the cultural factors that are found in the Australian society. The author further states
that the changes that are presented within the given society should find a proper reflection in the
attitudes and the behaviors of the residents as well. The author in this chapter attempts a
discussion on the concept of the identity that is maintained by the people who have been residing
within the given area (Bastian, 2012). The author also focusses on the issues that are faced by
both the immigrants as well as the residents of the country in relation to the multiculturalism as
is being practiced within the country. The author further attempts a discussion on the
acculturation processes that are undertaken by the concerned immigrants as well as the process
of the immigration to the given country. The author sheds light on the several factors that are

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required for the proper balancing that is essential in the development of a proper and functional
multiculturalism within the given country. The chapter focusses on the contacts that are
maintained within the interaction of the groups that are present within the given country
(Bastian, 2012). The chapter helps the reader to gain knowledge on the components that are
necessary for the multiculturalism as well as the implementation of the multiculturalist
viewpoints in the Australian perspectives.

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References
Bastian, B., (2012). Immigration, multiculturalism and the changing face of Australia. In Peace
psychology in Australia(pp. 55-70). Springer, Boston, MA. (Chapter 4)