ETHNIC POLITICS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: THE CASE OF VOLGA TATARS
Journal: Bilkent University Institutional Repository (Bilkent University)
Year: 2012

This thesis analyses an under-examined subject in the discipline of International Relations, ethnic politics, with reference to the case of Volga Tatars, the second largest ethnic group after Russians within the Russian Federation.Ethnicity is one of the phenomena that are at the core of International Relations.Its significance can be observed in debates on nation-state, identity, and international and internal conflicts.The phenomenon of ethnic politics transcends the traditional study of ethni