Farmers' political participation apathy research——Luoyang town in Huanjiang county as an example Student:LIANG Qin Teacher:PENG Zheng-bo Abstract: Political participation indifference is the enemy of the democratic system. However, political participation is the necessary premise that democracy system construction. At present, the spread of political apathy emotion is not only the negligence of personal political rights, but also the loss of the construction of our democracy. Since ancient times, China is a large agricultural nation, with the population of 1.4 billion and nearly 70 percent live in rural areas. We can say, farmers’ political participation in the construction of political democracy has an important meaning, China is one of the important rural political modernization. Therefore, in the contemporary political civilization construction process, eliminating their political apathy and promoting farmers participate in politics should be a top priority. By investigating Luoyang town in Huanjiang county and looking up literature, from the aspect of interests, economy, system, psychological ,analyzing the reasons for indifference the farmers’ participations in politics ,then, finding out the negative influence of indifference and putting forward the corresponding countermeasures:The first is to strengthen the construction of political culture,training farmers' political consciousness. The second is to establish the orderly open expressions of interest mechanism and open up equal consultations dialogue system channel of farmers and government. The third is to develop the rural economy and protect farmers' interests.
Key word:farmers' political participation;apathy;reason;negative influence;countermeasure;Luoyang town