Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A citizen is a political and moral agent who in fact has a shared sense of hope and responsibility to others and not just to him or herself.
As a citizen, you need to know how to be a part of it, how to express yourself - and not just by voting.
Citizen activists look in the mirror, see what they're really good at and then apply their talents to solving social problems. It's skills-based volunteering.
There are many types of participation. One can observe so intensely that one becomes part of the action, but without being an active participant.
We talk about politicians being in public life, but they seldom appear in the public space where everyone is free to appear as a citizen.
I always preach that you have to be active as a citizen no matter what, and some people just voting as an excuse not to do anything.
If we are to build grassroots respect for the institutions and processes that constitute democracy, the state must treat its citizens as real citizens rather than as subjects.
As citizens, we all have an obligation to intervene and become involved - it's the citizen who changes things.
Someone who does an act. In a democratic society, you're supposed to be an activist; that is, you participate. It could be a letter written to an editor.
Let each person do his or her part. If one citizen is unwilling to participate, all of us are going to suffer. For the American idea, though it is shared by all of us, is realized in each one of us.