The­sis 10

Living demo­cracy through civic engagement.

Any libe­ral demo­cracy depends on the local enga­ge­ment of its citi­zens, be it for­mal or infor­mal, be it in poli­ti­cal par­ties, asso­cia­ti­ons, trade uni­ons and employ­ers’ orga­ni­sa­ti­ons, in reli­gious com­mu­ni­ties as well as various civic orga­ni­sa­ti­ons. They make their con­cerns part of the demo­cra­tic dis­course. Peo­ple who are enga­ged in civic acti­vi­ties, regard­less of whe­ther they were born in or have immi­gra­ted to Ger­many, assume respon­si­bi­lity and by doing so, make an indis­pensable con­tri­bu­tion to the cohe­sion of society. Their enga­ge­ment gives them a sense of belonging.

Con­ti­nuously chan­ging civic enga­ge­ment is an inte­gral part of the con­cept of govern­ment based on the prin­ci­ple of sub­si­dia­rity that, initi­ally, enables the smal­lest units in society to become active. While civic enga­ge­ment can­not replace public ser­vices, it ser­ves as a useful and active addi­tion in many soci­ally rele­vant areas.

Apart from the civic enga­ge­ment that pro­mo­tes cohe­sion within society, there also exists exclu­sio­nary, anti-demo­cra­tic and mis­an­thro­pic enga­ge­ment. That enga­ge­ment, whose aim is to under­mine the foun­da­ti­ons of our society, must be reso­lut­ely oppo­sed.

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The­sis 10

Living demo­cracy through civic engagement.