Some definitions of civil society specifically reference an increase in democracy as an outcome or motivation for the behavior of individuals or groups in this type of social structure. In fact, totalitarian or repressive governments often work specifically to undermine or outlaw activities related to civil society. Read more about civil society under repressive government forms, and then answer this question: How do repressive regimes interact with civil society, and what impact does that have on citizens?

Repressive regimes would try to maintain an absolute power over the society it ruled over.

Explanation:

A repressive government is the one form of government which always restricts or forbid people's freedom and control their life by using state force. Under repressive government freedom of speech is banned, Media is controlled by the regime, No political opposition and even No civil society are allowed to work.Under repressive regimes, it can not be allowed the people to freely express their opinion against the regime and if they do so it is seen as Illegal or against the state authority and it is a punishable offense.Civil society is banned in the repressive regime because repressive like to operate alone and they do not want to share their authority with any other or especially with Civil society which can later speak against the Ill practices of the regime.

B. it promoted the powers of the executive branch