Description:

Immigration and integration policies adopted by countries of settlement have an impact on the acculturation orientations of both immigrant groups and majority members of the receiving society. Integration policies adopted by countries of settlement can be situated on a continuum ranging from pluralistic, civic, assimilationist to ethnic ideologies. In such settings the Interactive Acculturation Model (IAM) proposes that acculturation orientations adopted by immigrants and members of the dominant host majority can interact to produce relational outcomes which can be consensual, problematic or conflictual. Host majority members can endorse acculturation orientations which can be integrationist, individualistic, assimilationist, segregationist or exclusionist. A first goal of this workshop is to present the social psychological profile of each of these five dominant majority acculturation orientations based on comparative studies conducted with members of host majorities sampled in Quebec, California, France and Israel. Each of these regions are situated an ideological continuum of state integration policies while also being countries whose immigration rate has traditionally ranged from being high, medium to low. The second goal is to discuss how acculturation orientations can have an impact on relational outcomes between immigrant and dominant majorities in settings such as: the education system, the police and judicial system, the work world and the civil administration. NGOs and public policy makers will discuss mechanisms to insure best practices and policies designed to foster more harmonious relational outcomes in these domains of immigrant-host majority group relations.

Presenters

Geneviève Barrette, University of Quebec at Montreal, CANADA Abstract
Richard Y. Bourhis, University of Quebec at Montreal, CANADA Abstract Abstract Abstract
Jonathan Crush, Queen’s University, CANADA Abstract
Joelle Dayan, University of Quebec at Montreal, CANADA Abstract
Lorna Jantzen, Department of Canadian Heritage, CANADA Abstract
Annie Montreuil, University of Quebec at Montreal, CANADA Abstract Abstract
Bernard Personnaz, Centre national de la recherche scientifique / Rouen University, FRANCE Abstract
Marie Personnaz, University of Paris X, FRANCE Abstract
Ronald J. Schmidt, California State University, Long Beach, UNITED STATES Abstract
Joel Walters, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, ISRAEL Abstract
Vincent Williams, Institute for Democracy in South Africa, SOUTH AFRICA Abstract