Evaluation of National Integration and Tolerance in Kvemo Kartli

Acknowledgement

First of all, We would like to thank our Prof. Tornike Khoshtaria who greatly supported us and provided valuable remarks and guidelines while working on the paper. His critical comments and advice have influenced on formation of this study. We gained immeasurable experience during our work. .

We would like to thank our families for their support and encouragement while writing the thesis.

And finally, We wish to thank all our friends who believed in us and were supporting through the period of our work.

Abstract

The aim of this research is twofold. Firstly, to analyze the historical data of the ethnic minority integration problems in Georgia and then to come to a reliable decision how to improve existing situation. Secondly, to contribute to national integration strategy and action plan.

The data sets used in this study have been derived from USAID and UNAG reports, also the data were collected and analyzed by the freshmen of MA in finance.

The main body of this paper contains a comparative analysis of national integration and tolerance in the places such as Rustavi and Bolnisi. The concluding section summarizes main findings, points out the problem of national integration and tolerance in Kvemo Kartli region and suggests the need of comprehensive solutions that combine Governmental regulations, social activities, people`s behavior, and political approaches to this complex problem. As a result many tendencies such as people`s intolerant attitude, separated life, the passivity of ethnic minorities in public life, participation in community, etc. were outlined. Also identifies future research avenues.

This paper is a final report. The research has been conducted by three freshmen and was divided into two parts: qualitative and quantitative, included two cities: Rustavi and Bolnisi. The number of respondents was 200 by random selection which allowed us to make data generalization. The paper ends by providing some numerical results calculating frequencies and percentages.

Table of contents

Acknowledgment…………………………………………………………………….1

Abstract ………………………………………………………………………………1

Table of content ………………………………………………………………………2

Introduction ………………………………………………………………………….3

1.1 Historical Data ………………………………………………………………….....3

1.2 The aims and objectives