Higher education and democracy : a study of students' and student leaders' attitudes towards democracy in Tanzania

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dc.contributor.advisorCloete, Nico
dc.contributor.advisorLuescher-Mamashela, Thierry
dc.contributor.authorMwollo-Ntallima, Angolwisye Malaisyo
dc.contributor.otherNULL
dc.contributor.otherFaculty of Education
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-25T13:30:50Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-28T10:54:26Z
dc.date.available2012/04/10 14:33
dc.date.available2012/04/10
dc.date.available2013-07-25T13:30:50Z
dc.date.available2024-05-28T10:54:26Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.descriptionMagister Educationis - MEden_US
dc.description.abstractStudents in African universities have a long history of political involvement at the institutional level and in national politics. The present study investigates the political opinions of students in Tanzania with respect to (1) their attitudes towards democracy and how these attitudes could be explained, (2) student satisfaction with the way their university and their country, Tanzania, are governed, and (3) whether student leaders (SL) have more democratic attitudes than students who are not in formal student leadership positions (SNL) and if there are other relevant groups that can be identified whose political attitudes differ significantly from those of other groups. The study draws on the work of Bratton, Mattes and Gyimah-Boadi (2005) and employs a survey questionnaire adapted from the Afrobarometer. Using survey data collected at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, a number of questions are investigated, and related hypotheses are tested in order to determine the extent to which students understand and demand democracy, how they perceive the supply of democracy, and what their attitudes are towards university governance and national politics in general.en_US
dc.description.countrySouth Africa
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/15530
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.subjectStudentsen_US
dc.subjectStudent leadershipen_US
dc.subjectStudent politicsen_US
dc.subjectStudent activismen_US
dc.subjectHigher education governanceen_US
dc.subjectUniversity of Dar es Salaamen_US
dc.subjectTanzaniaen_US
dc.titleHigher education and democracy : a study of students' and student leaders' attitudes towards democracy in Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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