المجلة الجزائرية للأمن والتنمية
Volume 15, Numéro 2, Pages 114-128
2026-07-01

The Interrelationships Between Political Parties And Their Local Elected Representatives: Between Supporting Local Development And Strengthening Participatory Democracy

Authors : Bouhafs Roumila .

Abstract

Abstract: The study aims to highlight the role of political parties in local development by focusing on the role of local elected officials as representatives of these parties within their local context, and the most important relationships and links between them and the parties to which they belong. The study is significant in highlighting the position of political parties locally, rather than focusing on their roles nationally. It also addresses participatory democracy and its relationship with political parties. The study concludes that political parties play important roles in supporting local development through their elected representatives. Furthermore, the activity of political parties within participatory democracy is a major gain that enhances their roles and the roles of participatory democracy, which originally emerged to overcome the gaps and transgressions left by representative democracy.

Keywords

Keywords: Political parties, local development, elected officials, participatory democracy, representative democracy