Because the European Union is expanding its cultural diversity is becoming increasingly complex. An
example of this complexity is the small and secluded village of Paskalevets in Bulgaria. The population
of 150 consists of at least eight different nationalities. This cultural diversity is rather new. People from
the USA, the UK, France, Ireland, and Germany have started settling there during the last ten years.
Although cultural diversity is often managed by different policies and models, Paskalevets' diversity is
not subjected to any policy. Cultural identities are not institutionally embedded. This empirical research
focuses on inter-cultural social behavior in a non-regulated culturally diverse situation. Interviews and
observations in Paskalevets describe that social behavior. Analysis shows that language, economic
status, and historical and political background influence the inhabitants' behavior and create a social
imbalance in the village. Conclusions about social behavior are that the size of the village and its
population, together with its unregulated cultural diversity, hinders integration and facilitates
discrimination and social inequality. It results in social fragmentation characterized by isolation and
seclusion of the various cultural groups, mainly divided into natives and foreigners. There are
exceptions but because of unsolved cultural differences, they're fragile.
| Datum prijs | 1 jan. 2013 |
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| Originele taal | American English |
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| Begeleider | R. H. C. Meij (Supervisor), J. Wojtkowiak (Supervisor) & R. G. A. Kaulingfreks (Supervisor) |
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