گرايش به هويت ملي و قومي در عرب هاي خوزستان

Inclination toward National and Ethnic Identities among Arabs of Khuzestan

In this article; the author tries to explore the amount of inclination toward national and ethnic identities among the Arabs of Khuzestan province. Statistical population includes all Arab adults having at least secondary certificate. The main hypothesis is that the Arab ethnic group of Khuzestan incline towards both national and ethnic identities. There is a meaningful correlation between economic condition and the amount of integration towards national identity of this ethnic group .The more income of the individuals increases; the more they incline towards Iranian-Islamic identity. For inclination towards national identity the components include territorial belonging; belonging to the nation; confidence to the officials and executive apparatus and Farsi language. The ethnic identity has been measured on the basis of two indexes: "cultural customs and traditions" and "ethnic language". The results show that the Arabs not only highly incline towards Iranian-Islamic identity but also are integrated in their ethnic identity and their concern about their ethnic identity does not decrease their inclination toward national identity. Meanwhile the origins of some fragmentations should be explanated in such concrete indexes as economic and social problems followed by "relative deprivation"; not in subjective ones.