Rationality in the Social Mobility Process of Vietnamese Thai
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https://doi.org/10.18533/journal.v4i7.756Keywords:
Rationality, social action, Vietnamese Thai.Abstract
Rationality is employed in explaining actions in various contents. Researchers had argument that in the social mobility process content having the rationality in action of all processes. It can be said that rationality is a key part of social mobility process and leads to the solution of family problem. This paper aims to study the social mobility process of Vietnamese Thai family by undertaking the qualitative research. The data were collected through observation, life history, in-depth interview, group interview of 10 families from 4 provinces: Udon Thani, NongKhai, SakonNakhon and Nakhon Phanom. The contents were analyzed and its result was presented by the descriptive analysis.
The result found that the social mobility process of Vietnamese Thai people based on the rationality with three stages totally. Firstly, a practice for rationality followed by an abstract thinking and generalization; a disciplinable action, finally. The Vietnamese Thai has strict action and rationality so that it results in the upward mobility. On the other hand, family not being strict in rational action causes the downward mobility.
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