How Does Government Influence Civic Engagement?

Although, civic engagement is the ideal ingredient to a preferable democracy it can imply a significant cost to the government as a result of implementing plenty of resources in order to engage the community. Also, it is worth to mention that with more citizens participating eventually will lead to disputes between stakeholders with different interests and objectives. In addition, citizens could not be civic involved due to numerous factors. For example, social exclusion is one of the factors that interfere with the full participation of the society. Some examples of social exclusion include inequality, poverty, lack of freedom, and discrimination, which limit the social interaction. As well, social economic status is one of the variables that can influence civic engagement. In a capitalist society, were the main goal of the citizens is to achieve a high economic class and status, serves as an important factor in the orientation of their political ideas. In which, each stakeholder fights according to its own economic interests instead of looking for the best for everyone in general. Particularly, one solution in order to avoid the social exclusion could be looking for a social incorporation by a better education and work opportunities regardless of a person’s gender, ethnicity, class or language. This proposal could be challenging for the government but not impossible. In fact, skills and knowledge learned in schools could be the first step towards a potential …show more content…
Mother Teresa of Calcutta is a clear example of the way she implemented the strategies of civic engagement to attend the community needs. In a world increasingly threaten by disease, wars, and political conflict; the world believed that this woman showed a way to help the disadvantaged of the world and the