It is quite apparent that a society cannot develop a viable political system when most of its members are politically apathetic, since it puts a brake on political motivation. New nation states are in the urgent need of creating a healthy political motivation.
The most important problem that the new states are facing is the lack of true participation of the citizens in the political process. Most of the Third World states, with a few exceptions, are still politically unintegrated and are characterized by political institution that are largely dominated by parochial and primordial sentiments instead of civil sentiment, which is considered to be one of the important elements of national unity, consensus and political participation.
The vehicles through which political participation may take place are varied in nature. It simply does not mean exercising voting right. In a broader context political participation refers to any activity oriented to political perspectives; it may be operationally defined as participation in political movements, political meetings, or political programmers that may not necessarily go in support of a political party in power.
It is quite apparent that a society cannot develop a viable political system when most of its members are politically apathetic, since it puts a brake on political motivation. New nation states are in the urgent need of creating a healthy political motivation.
Now nation states are in the urgent need of creating a healthy political climate which will favor political participation of its members so that it can inspire the citizens to become involved in nation-building activities. This, in turn, will help to remove passive political orientations and apathy of its citizens to a large content.
The creation of a healthy political environment with a firm grounding on democratic principles may contribute towards overcoming a variety of cognitive psychological factors which often discourage participation in politics. No modern state can ever afford to function as a viable society unless broad goals and objectives which all its citizens can consider as a symbol of identity are set forth. Such goals and objectives of the national identity will tend to generate increasing political participation and active in politics among its members.