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Author Luescher, Thierry M.

Title The University in Africa and democratic citizenship : hothouse or training ground? : report on student surveys conducted at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania / Thierry M. Luescher-Mamashela ; with Sam Kiiru [and others]
Published Wynberg [South Africa] : Centre for Higher Education Transformation (CHET), 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 118 pages) : color illustrations
Series Higher education and democracy
Higher education & society.
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; The Project Group; Executive Summary; Chapter 1. HERANA Higher Education and Democracy: The Student Governance Surveys; 1.1 Project overview; 1.2 Analytical framework of the study; 1.3 Research questions; 1.4 Survey design and methods; 1.5 Overview of the report; Chapter 2. Background and Context: Three Countries, Universities and Student Bodies; 2.1 Governance in Kenya, South Africa, and Tanzania in internationalcomparison; 2.2 Democracy in Kenya, the University of Nairobi and student politics
2.3 Democracy in South Africa, the University of Cape Town and student politics2.4 Democracy in Tanzania, the University of Dar es Salaam and student politics; 2.5 Profile of the three student bodies; Chapter 3. Students' Demand for Democracy and Freedom; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Awareness of 'democracy'; 3.3 Preference for democracy over other regime types; 3.4 Demand for political freedoms; 3.5 Students as committed democrats?; 3.6 Summary and conclusion; Chapter 4. Students' Perception of the Supply of Democracy and Democratic Consolidation; 4.1 Introduction
4.2 Perception of the current regime4.3 Has multi-party democracy supplied more political freedoms?; 4.4 Students as transformative democrats?; 4.5 Summary and conclusion; Chapter 5. Students' Political Engagementand Behaviour; 5.1 Students' cognitive engagement with politics; 5.2 Students' political participation; 5.3 Students as active citizens?; 5.4 Summary and conclusion; Chapter 6. Student Politics and the University: Implications and Recommendations; 6.1 Overview of the findings; 6.2 Enhancing the university's training ground potential; References; Appendices; Back Cover
Summary Whether and how higher education in Africa contributes to democratisation beyond producing the professionals that are necessary for developing and sustaining a modern political system, remains an unresolved question. This report, then, represents an attempt to address the question of whether there are university specific mechanisms or pathways by which higher education contributes to the development of democratic attitudes and behaviours among students, and how these mechanisms operate and relate to politics both on and off campus. The research contained in this report shows that the potential
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Notes Print version record
Subject Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam
University of Cape Town.
University of Nairobi.
SUBJECT Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam fast
University of Cape Town fast
University of Nairobi fast
Subject Democracy and education -- Africa
Universities and colleges -- Africa
EDUCATION -- Comparative.
EDUCATION -- History.
Democracy and education
Universities and colleges
Africa
Form Electronic book
Author Kiiru, Sam.
ISBN 9781920355685
1920355685
9781920355708
1920355707