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Case-study
Republic of Tuva
Ethnological Monitoring

Structure of the Model for Ethnological Monitoring

CATEGORY 1. Environment and Resources

1. Water resources and condition (drinkable water, irrigation, waterways and industries)
2. Land resources (quality of lands, size per person, accessibility, forest and other resources)
3. Mineral resources (extraction/production, accessibility users, profits)
4. Technological impact (hazardous production, emissions, wastes, pollution, compensations)
5. Ecological Disasters (earthquakes, landslides, etc., industrial, manmade, sabotage)


CATEGORY 2. Demography and Migrations

6. Population (dynamics of numbers, ethnic composition, levels of urbanisation etc.)
7. Mixed marriages and divorces
8. Natural growth (birth rate, death rate, longevity)
9. Migration (internal and external, refugees, forced migrants, displaced population, seasonal workers)


CATEGORY 3. Power and Politics

10. State-administrative status
11. Political regime and prevailing doctrine (federalism vs. unitarism, local self-government, parties and blocs, elections and power transition, state programs on various levels)
12. Ethnic representation (in bodies of power, business, media, science and academia)
13. Centre-periphery relations (legal foundations, negotiations, contacts,
benefits and burdens)
14. Individual and group human rights (legal sufficiency, violations, control, human rights activities)
15. Public order and control (status and ethnic composition of the local police, arms availability and control, courts and judiciary)
16. Competence and legitimacy of leaders and power holders
17. Official symbols and calendar


CATEGORY 4. Economy and Social Relations

18. Production and macroeconmic dynamics
19. Income levels and gaps
20. Employment and unemployment
21. Division of labour (ethnic, regional and branch of industry on the level of services, exchange of services, prestigious occupations)
22. Social and occupational mobility (upward mobility of ethnic groups, increase or decrease in status in labour, existence of marginalized groups and their composition)
23. Participation in privatisation, including land
24. Social welfare
25. Crimes and communal violence


CATEGORY 5. Culture, Education and Media

26. Cultural domineering
27. Religion (confessional composition and changes, number of temples, proselytising activities, tolerance/intolerance, role in the state, region, community)
28. Linguistic conditions (laws and instructions, state language, languages used in business, education, media and inter-group contacts)
29. School education (accessibility, textbooks and supplies, ethnic composition of teachers)
30. Higher education (admission regulations, ethnic composition of students and faculty, curriculum, student life)
31. Mass media (structure, composition, control, nature of programs, ethnic background and composition of journalists)
32. Traditional holidays and customs (conditions, support of authorities, political implications, participation of various ethnic groups)
33. Historical discourse


CATEGORY 6. Contacts and stereotypes

34. Group grievances
35. Previous conflicts and group traumas
36. Ethnic stereotypes (positive/ negative, official resistance, spread and usage, pejorative names)
37. Changes in self-perception (correlation of ethnic and civic, regional and local components, revival of old and new identities)
38. Myths, fears and rumours
39. Existence and level of development of group ideologies
40. Levels of tolerance (inter-group animosity, clichés and violence)


CATEGORY 7. External conditions

41. Presence and influence of Diaspora (in neighbouring countries, regions)
42. Stability/ instability of neighbouring countries, regions
43. Influence of global/geopolitical competition
44. Territorial claims and border disputes
45. External ties and co-operation
46. Changes of the image (of country, region, ethnic group, community; of political regime in the region, regime in the region, country, world)

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