Higher education and democracy in Botswana: Attitudes and behaviours of students and student leaders towards democracy

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dc.contributor.advisorLuescher-Mamashela, Thierry
dc.contributor.advisorCloete, Nico
dc.contributor.authorKgosithebe, Lucky
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-10T09:55:11Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-28T10:54:40Z
dc.date.available2015-03-10T09:55:11Z
dc.date.available2024-05-28T10:54:40Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.descriptionMagister Educationis - MEden_US
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates the attitudes of students and student leaders towards democracy in terms of their demand for democracy, their perception of the supply of democracy, and their awareness of and participation in politics. Existing literature does not provide any conclusive explanation as to how and to what extent higher education contributes to democracy. Mattes and Mughogho (2010) argue that the contribution of higher education to support for democracy in Africa is limited while other scholars such as Bloom et al. (2006), Hillygus (2005), and Evans and Rose (2007a, 2007b) maintain that higher education impacts positively on support for democracy. The study follows the conceptualisation and methodology of previous studies based on the Afrobarometer public opinion surveys into the political attitudes of African mass publics (Bratton, Mattes and Gyimah-Boadi, 2005; Mattes and Bratton, 2003; 2007), and of students in African universities (Luescher-Mamashela et al., 2011; Mwollo-Ntalimma, 2011). The survey uses a stratified random sample of third-year undergraduate students at the University of Botswana. Furthermore, it isolates the subgroup of student leaders to investigate whether active participation in student politics influences support for democracyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/15577
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectHigher educationen_US
dc.subjectDemocracyen_US
dc.subjectStudent leadersen_US
dc.subjectStudent politicsen_US
dc.subjectActivismen_US
dc.subjectStudent participationen_US
dc.subjectCitizenshipen_US
dc.subjectPublic opinion surveyen_US
dc.subjectUniversity of Botswanaen_US
dc.titleHigher education and democracy in Botswana: Attitudes and behaviours of students and student leaders towards democracyen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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