РОЛЯТА НА ИНСТИТУЦИИТЕ ЗА СОЦИАЛНАТА И ЕТНИЧЕСКАТА ИНТЕГРАЦИЯ НА НАСЕЛЕНИЕТО НА СЕЛО МЕЧКА, ПЛЕВЕНСКО
THE INSTITUTIONS’ ROLE FOR THE SOCIAL AND ETHNIC INTEGRATION OF THE POPULATION OF VILLAGE MECHKA (PLEVEN REGION)

Summary/Abstract: The article contains the main results obtained from a sociological survey of the social institutions regulating the ethnic integration in one Bulgarian village (the village Mechka, in the Pleven region), where the population belongs to two ethnic groups – Bulgarian and Roma. Preliminary data provided evidence for a high level of ethnic tension, including permanent house robberies and violence. The results of the research are directed to the basic reasons and determinants for the ethnic tension, linked to the state institutions operating in the present demographic and economic context, in the context of the present legislation, and social norms. It becomes evident that changes in the legislation are needed in this period of transition, typical for the whole country, in order to respond to the European norms and criteria for modern social live, more precisely in the field of protecting the rights of children to education, information, and communication; health education; integration of the Roma population into the economic and cultural life, etc. Investments are needed for the public services, and public works in the village, in the aim to increase the level of life of the population, and to activate the economic and cultural integration and participation of people from both ethnic groups.

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