Factors That Affect Youth Political Participation in Ethiopia: Its Impacts on the Democratization Process

Getachew Mijana Sabu

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Factors That Affect Youth Political Participation in Ethiopia: Its Impacts on the Democratization Process

Getachew Mijana Sabu

Published in Journal of Political Science and International Relations (Volume 3, Issue 3)

Received: 28 July 2020 Accepted: 12 August 2020 Published: 3 September 2020

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In the 21^st century, young people have become increasingly more organized, more engaged, and more influential in the political process. However, they are not meaning fully taking part in a formal political system which is vital to shape and transform Ethiopian democracy for a better life of a citizen. This study investigates factors that affect youth political participation in Ethiopia, focusing on its impacts on the democratization process. The comparative analysis research design and Qualitative research approach are employed to review different research papers and documents. The research analysis reveals that, lack of political knowledge and adequate education, youth political interest and apathy, economy, socio-centrism attitude and family’s pressure, fear, partisan attachment and the incumbent government performances, age and the existing institutional structures of Democracy are the major factors affecting the youth’s political participation in Ethiopia.

Published in	Journal of Political Science and International Relations (Volume 3, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.jpsir.20200303.13
Page(s)	61-69
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Youth, Political Participation, Democratization, Impact, Ethiopia

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Department of Political Science and International Relations, College of Social Science and Humanities, Jigjiga University, Jigjiga, Ethiopia

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