Vol. 1 No. / ISSUE 5, Page 151 - 176, JULY (2024): SOCIOLOGY CULTURAL ASSIMILATION VS. MULTICULTURALISM: EXAMINE THE EFFECTS OF CULTURAL ASSIMILATION ON IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES COMPARED TO MULTICULTURAL POLICIES

For the immigrant community migrating into a different country, it is important for them to adopt the cultural trends and values of that country. This can be done effectively with the help of cultural assimilation and multiculturalism. Cultural assimilation tends to create significant impact in comparison multiculturalism. This impact can be seen both in positive and negative way. This research study aims to explore such impact created on the immigrant community. The research study begins with the introductory chapter, which outlines the background of the study, aims and objectives and the research questions. The study is significant owing to the challenges that the immigrant community face in the new host country. The literature review aims to outline the relevant literature works on the topics of research study such as cultural assimilation, multi culturalism and the situation of the immigrant community. Relationship with an existing theory namely the multiculturalism theory and the variables of the research have been established.

The suitable methodology has been chosen for the study and the interpretivism philosophy and the inductive approach has been followed for the study. Secondary data has been collected and the thematic data analysis has been done. The various factors and issues with the multiculturalism and assimilation of culture have been discussed. Simultaneously the examples and the statistics have been incorporated in the data examination. The concluding section outlines some strategic recommendations on the implementation of cultural assimilation. This can be implemented based on the concept of socialization and enhancing the belongingness in the society.