With the advent of the global era, more and more people are moving away from their hometowns to study, work, etc. South Korea and Taiwan, both located in East Asia spotlighted from the world, are also facing this phenomenon. Consequently, the establis...
With the advent of the global era, more and more people are moving away from their hometowns to study, work, etc. South Korea and Taiwan, both located in East Asia spotlighted from the world, are also facing this phenomenon. Consequently, the establishment of multicultural policies which can promote social integration is important as many nationalities meet and gather in those areas. This study aims to analyze the perception of multicultural policies among Korean and Taiwanese university students and raise suggestions for policy improvement.
This study is conducted through internet surveys and interviews. Chapter 2 is about the background of multicultural society and policies in Korea and Taiwan and Chapter 3 is about the university students' perception of multicultural policies. In Chapter 4, the perceptions of Korean and Taiwanese students are compared. Lastly, Chapter 5 will present the conclusions.
According to the results of the survey, I could distinguish some differences in perception between Korean and Taiwanese university students. First, Taiwan shows a relatively low approval rating for support for families composed of foreigners. In Taiwan, there are few policies for international marriage families but no policy for marriage families made up of non-Taiwanese foreigners on both sides. As a result, it is necessary to establish policies for all foreign migrants in Taiwan. Second, Korean and Taiwanese both show a low approval rating for the granting of the right to vote for migrants. Through the interviews, I found the reasons why both are against it and these reasons are different between the groups. Korean students oppose it because they are worried about the abuse of voting rights, but Taiwanese students do because it is difficult to judge how much the migrants could know about Taiwan. It reveals that if the Taiwan government establishes a comprehensive evaluation test for migrants with permanent residency, it can expand the political participation of migrants. Third, Korean students have a relatively negative perception of the budget for migrants-related projects. It means that the Korean government needs to improve its budget management system. Fourth, Taiwanese students have relatively low approval ratings for multicultural education policies. It is related to the fact that Taiwan's multicultural education policies are not integrated and the target of the multicultural education policies is not specified as well. Therefore, Taiwan needs to systematically integrate multicultural education policies.
In this global era, so many cultural exchanges are occurring in the world. Following up the increase in cultural and economic activities as time goes by, the ways how to understand various cultures and communicate with migrants are becoming very important skills for everyone. This study is expected to contribute to the improvement of multicultural policies in Korea and Taiwan. All governments should continue to promote social integration to decrease the conflicts between many kinds of gropus in their society. Therefore, it is necessary to improve and expand multicultural policies so that people can positively perceive multiculturalism.