TYPES OF NATIONALISM, SOCIETY, AND POLITICS IN TATARSTAN

From the editors: This article by Jean-Robert Raviot (National Foundat ion for Political Research, Paris) will acquaint the reader with Frenc h applied political science, unfortunately very rare on the pages of o ur journal; this is the school of Helene Carrere d'Encausse, a scholar whose name is known throughout the world. The young political scienti st representing his school did his research in 1992 in Tatarstan. He h as tried to interpret his vast field material using quite an interesti ng set of tools, including the concept of ''high culture.'' Perhaps th is attentive look by an outside observer will be useful to Russian pol iticians and specialists trying to understand the puzzling role and me aning of the ''national factor'' in the events unfolding on the expans es of our homeland.