Political pluralism and its relationship to partisan pluralism

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Abstract

   The peaceful transfer of authority in a democratic society requires and imposes the existence of political pluralism, embodying and reflecting the state of pluralism experienced by the community. This political pluralism is based on the existence of intermediary organizations between the people and the government that organizes the political process, the most important of which are the political parties, which have now become an important phenomenon that is difficult to abandon in modern democracy. Because it fulfills a set of important functions, in particular: intellectual organization, communication, the qualification of voters to participate in political life and the organization of political participation through the mobilization of the masses. The main objective of this research is to attempt to explain the nature of the relationship between political pluralism and party pluralism in modern democratic societies.