Political Participation; the Effects and Consequences

Political participation is one of the basic concepts in social and sociological studies, so that in democratic systems, forming a political system and its administration depend on political participation. Basically, a political system won’t be consistent and stable without political participation exists. Similarly, from political perspective, the more the rate of political participation, the more the stability and efficiency of the political system will increase. Among the functions of the political participation are consistency, solidarity, convergence and coordination of institutions and the forces of the political system; because a nation which is of high political participation enjoys unity, communion, unanimity and frankness. This issue will cause more and more invigoration of due public satisfaction and trust among citizens in the political sovereignty. This paper has a glance at the effects and consequences of political participation.