Laboratoire de recherche étude juridique et politique, Faculté des Sciences Juridiques, Economiques et Sociales, Université Moulay Ismail Meknès, Morocco
Political participation is at the heart of democratic life. This notion is at the dawn of all civilizations; it is certainly at the end of the 18th century that, with the progressive establishment and consolidation of liberal democracy, it takes on the meaning that we know it today. Nevertheless, during these two hundred years of history, modern democratic life has undergone a great evolution and renewal of practices and concepts. the idea of participation is enshrined in the very reality of public action based on a dual technical and political requirement. The changing nature of public policy explains why it is often necessary to motivate actors whose adherence to policy objectives is essential. Thus, behind the term participation are hidden many and various realities. The interest, however, of going beyond this observation in order to put in perspective the plurality of the participations, the forms and the explanations of the variations.