Political Ethnocentrism among the People of Talesh and Evaluation of the Factors affecting it مقاله

The Talesh people have a much smaller population compared to other Iranian eth-nic groups, but due to the geographical, geopolitical and religious characteristics of the western region of Gilan province, the threats of political ethnicity in this ethnic group should not be ignored. Studies show that in studies focused on ethnic-ity in Iran, research on the Talesh people has not been seriously considered by re-searchers, so the main purpose of this study is to investigate the situation of politi-cal ethnicity among the Talesh people and evaluate the factors affecting it. This research has been done by survey method and has collected data using a question-naire. The statistical population of the study is 480 people aged 15 years and older in Rezvanshahr, Masal, Soomehsara, Fooman, Hashtpar, Asalem, Astara and Lundil. The results of the research show that the respondents have a high level of political ethnicity. Also, the examination of hypotheses showed that out of the five contextual variables studied (religion, dialect, education, age and place of birth and upbringing) , only two variables of religion and dialect were related to political ethnicity.