Political Culture in Major Political Parties and Democracy Building: Bangladesh Perspective.

The experience of limited democratic rights under the BritishGovernment made the people conscious about their democratic rights. Thisconsciousness prompted the people of British-India to launch movementagainst the colonial government for establishing self-rule in India. TheIndependence of Bangladesh in December 1971 the process of politicalculture and democratization was started for implementing the objectives ofthe war of independence. The role of political parties in promoting andconsolidating democracy has been highlighted by academics as well aspractitioners of democracy-building projects. It has been pointed out thatparties play an important role of promoting democratic processes as well asdemocratic outcomes. Those who emphasise democratic processes posit thatparties work as incubators that nurture citizen’s political competence. Whenpolitical parties develop inclusive organizational structures and processes,citiznes are provided with an opportunity to influence policy decisions,developing policy alternatives and thus expand their civic skills. Thispromotes participatory democracy. The researchers set some suggestions onthe basis of the research findings. Researchers hope that these suggestionswill be helpful to political culture in major political parties and democracybuilding.