Developing persons and clashing cultures

Abstract

Contemporary twenty-first-century life is experienced in expanding social landscapes where rapid changes in communication (e.g., telephones, social media) and global trans-national movements (e.g., of immigrants, refugees, guest workers, travelers) place people in complex social environments marked by competing and even clashing cultures. The contexts of these competitions may be global or localized, but competitions between cultures are so common that cultural isolation is a rare contemporary experience.