Participation in Political Parties


 
 
Concept Explanation
 

Participation in Political Parties

Popular Participation in political Parties: these parties are facing crisis of unpopularity and indifference among the citizens. The evidence, based on a series of large sample surveys conducted over several decades, shows that:

·      Political parties do not enjoy much trust among the people in South Asia. The proportion of those who say their trust in political parties is ‘not much’ or ‘not at all’ is more than those who have ‘some’ or ‘great’ trust.

·      Political parties are one of the least trusted institutions all over the world. Yet the level of participation in the activities of political parties is fairly high.

·      The proportion of those who say that they are members of some political party is higher in India than many advanced countries like Canada, Japan, Spain and South Korea.

·      Over the last three decades, the proportion of those who report to be members of political parties in India has gone up steadily.

·      The proportion of those who say that they feel ‘close to a political party’ has also gone up in India in this period.

 
 


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