How do you think citizens participate in a democracy and how can participation be encouraged?

Citizens participate in Democracy mostly through voting, with which they can give power to politicians which have certain views, and thus the citizens can support (or not) those views.

This participation can be best encourage with good information, that is, letting the citizens know the impact they have.

Social action and activism as a form of socialist governance.

Explanation:

In socialist societies, activism was an unavoidable element. It was systematically organized. Authorities encouraged people to social activism and work. Many states where socialism was a form of government built societies and the state on socialism. A good example of this is the former Yugoslavia. The state, like many others, was demolished after World War II. When the communists came to power, socialist ideas were implemented. Authorities propagated the ideas of social activism and labor. In that way, factories, infrastructure were built, and the economy in the country was started. People took mass action, and thanks to such an approach, Yugoslavia recovered relatively quickly from the suffering foretold by World War II.