POLITICAL PARTICIPATION CONCEPT INDICATORS AND FORMS
The study aimed to identify the concept of political participation, its indicators, stages, forms, motivations and obstacles. Given the importance of political participation in promoting democratic life, the study recommended raising the degrees of political awareness among citizens in order to build a political culture that leads to more political participation, activate the role of various socialization institutions, improve the general economic level, and the standard of living of individuals and their income, as the less per capita income, the lower the level of demand for political participation, and changing the citizens’ view of the elections, the more the citizen believes in the usefulness and importance of the elections, the more likely they exercise their right to vote, but if they lose confidence in the elections, the greater they reluctance to participate in them.
Political Participation, Political Awareness, Political Culture, Democracy