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    Popular participation refers to the involvement of citizens in the political processes and governance of their country. It can take various forms, including joining political parties, voting, political activism, and financing political campaigns. Popular participation is important for several reasons, such as allowing citizens to have a say in how their country is run, pursuing economic or personal goals, and trying to enact political change. Modern democracies facilitate popular participation through representative government, where citizens elect leaders to make decisions on their behalf.

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    Popular participation refers to the involvement of citizens in the political processes and governance of their country. It can take various forms, including joining political parties, voting, political activism, and financing political campaigns. Popular participation is important for several reasons, such as allowing citizens to have a say in how their country is run, pursuing economic or personal goals, and trying to enact political change. Modern democracies facilitate popular participation through representative government, where citizens elect leaders to make decisions on their behalf.

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    Popular participation refers to the involvement of citizens in the political processes and governance of their country. It can take various forms, including joining political parties, voting, political activism, and financing political campaigns. Popular participation is important for several reasons, such as allowing citizens to have a say in how their country is run, pursuing economic or personal goals, and trying to enact political change. Modern democracies facilitate popular participation through representative government, where citizens elect leaders to make decisions on their behalf.

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    Popular Participation

    Popular participation refers to the general and the extent of people’s involvement
    in the political activities and processes of governance. It is the degree of
    participation of the citizens in the political affairs of their country.

    Popular participation is the exact opposite of political apathy. It can further be


    described as the demonstration of people’s belief and acceptance of political
    actors and their policies.

    Forms/Degree of popular participation

    Popular participation in modern democratic setting can take the following forms;

    i. Mass formation of political parties: People can participate in politics by


    forming political parties.
    ii. Membership of political party: People may decide to join a political party of
    their choice.
    iii. Sponsoring/financing: People may also choose to demonstrate their popular
    participation by financing or sponsoring a candidate.
    iv. Voting: Another form of popular participation is when people come out to
    vote during elections.
    v. Being involved in political discourse: This may be in form of writing articles in
    newspaper and magazines contributing to political topics.
    vi. Election monitoring, political education, seminars done by civil groups is
    another form of popular participation.

    Need/reasons for popular participation

    The need for popular participation can be viewed from different dimensions,
    some of which are;

    1. People participate in politics because they want to be involved in the


    management affair of their states.
    2. Some other people participate in political activities in order to reap economic
    benefits.
    3. Self-esteem and self-actualization is another driving force behind people’s
    involvement in politics. Such people get involved in politics in order to realize
    their life’s ambition.
    4. At times, some people participate or find themselves in politics by the virtue of
    circumstances. A typical example of this is chief Ernest Shonekan of Nigeria in
    1993.
    5. People may also get involved in politics as an attempt to change the existing
    status quo, which perhaps might have been considered as either too tenacious
    or too autocratic.
    6. Still others, getting involved in politics could be a reason of wanting to test
    their popularity, and thus creates awareness for future political ambition.

    Modes of popular participation

    The following are the methods through which people demonstrate their
    involvement in political/democratic processes;

    a. Traditional popular participation: This is the process by which the generality of


    the people gather at a predetermined place to take collective decision binding
    on the affairs of a community or state. Consensus decision here is often
    effected by a majority raise of hands. This system was practiced in the Athens
    Greek city state. Another example of this system was the pre-colonial Igbo
    republic. Decisions are usually taken by a collective raise of hand on a subject.
    This method involves more of imposition and has become moribund and no
    longer practicable. The question or liberty of choice is non-existent here.
    b. Modern popular participation: This is a system of popular participation where
    decisions are taken through representatives who are periodically elected to act
    on people’s behalf. People’s freedom of choice is supreme here. The
    representatives enjoy the people’s mandate and are therefore answerable to
    the people. This is the type of popular participation that is practiced in modern
    democratic countries of the world. The power to elect and to remove remains
    the prerogative of the electorates.

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