Political Parties, Party Programmaticity and Party System in Post 1991 ETHIOPIA Functions of Political Parties Political party (PP) plays several functions in a society. To mention but a few, it provides; - alternative policy platforms, - ideological directions; and - re-defining government agendas. PP serves as a vital link between the state and the civil society, between the institution of government and the groups and interests that operate within the society. In general, PPs have the following major functions: representation; elite formation and recruitment; goal formation; interest articulation and aggregation; channelling of public opinion from citizens to government; socialization and mobilization of citizens; legitimization of political system and formation of government. To sum up, political parties are vital political institutions for the functioning of a modern democracy or organization of the modern democratic polity as well as political pluralism. Historically, they also played a key role in fighting and defeating colonialism and undemocratic or unpopular governments. By Solomon Gebreyohans ; for details, you can go through his article published on European Scientific Journal (eujournal.org/index.php/esj/article/view/3537/3309)
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