The crisis of the political parties functions

Abstract

The dysfunctional operation of political parties in Serbia has a substantial impact on the slow-moving process of democratic consolidation of the Serbian society, ultimately slowing down the overall socio-political development. In view of the significantly reduced representative and decision-making capacity of Serbian political parties in transition circumstances, the author examines this issue in light of traditional activities and operative functions of political parties. The crisis in the traditional operation of political parties is quite common in the modern multiparty political systems but the current crisis in the operation of Serbian political parties is far more prominent and sharply demarcated by numerous contradictory challenges in the transition process. The operation of the political parties in Serbia is far from the objective standards they are expected to comply with. Consequently, there are no effective results in the representation of citizens' social interests and the implementation of public policies.

Keywords

• political parties
• operative functions
• representation
• operative crisis