Abstract:
Investigating the political attitude of citizens is an issue that has a special place in our society; Attitudes are the basis for the formation of behaviors and actions of individuals. On the other hand, the issue of the importance of finding national and ethnic identities in the age of globalization is the most important issue in political sociology. In this regard, it seems that one of the factors that can influence people's political attitude is their national and ethnic identities. Given that experimental data has not been provided in this regard, it is necessary to measure the overview of this issue.The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of national and ethnic identities on the political attitudes of individuals. The statistical population of this research is Khoy city in West Azarbaijan province, which was studied by 398 inhabitants of this city by quota sampling method. The results of the research show that, firstly, according to the Mead views, there is a difference between national identity and ethnic identities, not contradictions, but rather a positive relationship, each of which goes up by reinforcing another's identity. Secondly, although these two types of identities are well-matched, their effects on the political attitudes of citizens are different. In this regard, the findings suggest that while increasing national identity tends to bring citizens closer to fundamentalism, ethnic identity reinforces the likelihood of individuals turning into reformist political groups in the community.
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515-538 The Impact of National and Ethnic Identity on Political Attitude (A Case Study of the Citizens of Khoy County) Article Type: Research Hossein Masoudnia* Date Received: 2017/12/05 Mahmoudreza Rahbarghazi ** Date Accepted: 2019/12/20 Maryam Ghorbani *** The article was with the authors for revision for 110 days.
Therefore, according to most researchers, the sources of attitude are individuals with whom a human in The influence of national and ethnic identity on political attitude (A case study of the citizens of Khoy county) / Masoudinia et al.
Some researchers have pointed to the influence of factors such as political socialization (Mutz, Sniderman and Brody, 1996), mass media (Lenart, 1994), socio-cultural threats (Duckitt and Fisher, 2003), religious approaches (Tessler, 2002), social capital (Cigler and Joslyn, 2002), party identity (Jacoby, 1988), and political efficacy (Clarke and Acock, 1989) on individuals' political attitudes.
In the context of explaining the role of ethnic identity on the political attitude of citizens, various opinions exist, some of which include: elite theories (McCrone, 1998), social cleavage theory (Lipset, 2001), rational choice theory (Green and Shapiro, 1996), group attachment theory (Rom and Mikulincer, 2003), social identity theory (Tajfel and Turner, 2004), and competition theory (Morrow and Morrow, 1994).
526 Year 15, Number 2 (Consecutive 30), Autumn and Winter 1398 In this regard, the main tool used in this research was a questionnaire including two variables: national and ethnic identity, and political attitude.
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