Understanding young South African students' participation in local government

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dc.contributor.authorTracey, Lauren Louise
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-21T07:38:07Z
dc.date.available2019-05-21T07:38:07Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionA research report submitted to the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Sociology, Johannesburg, February 2018en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe common narrative of social movements and protest action in recent years, indicates that young eole globally are doinating suh oveents n outh fria, students’ ontinued engageent in protests around politics and public issues at the local level, as well as their low levels of participation in formal democratic processes such as elections, calls for an assessment on whether students are knowledgeable and understand the role of local government, as well as local governance. This study looks at young outh frian students’ (1-24 years) knowledge and understanding of local government, and local governance in the Johannesburg Metropolitan. For the purpose of this qualitative research study, 56 young students in two universities and two TVET colleges in the Johannesburg metropolitan were interviewed through 35 semi-structured in-depth, one-on-one interviews, and three focus group discussions. This study confirms that students present a very narrow knowledge and understanding of democratic governance and the political system at the local level. This, it is argued, is a key reason behind their lack of engagement and participation at the local level, as well as their identification of protests as the only effective form of political activism. This study also indicates that, desite students’ awareness of traditional olitial latfors suh as eletions and taking art in community meetings, their perceptions of poor local leadership, eroding trust in traditional democratic institutions, patronage party politics and general disillusionment with the political future of the country, are hindering these students’ artiiation in loal governaneen_ZA
dc.description.librarianXL2019en_ZA
dc.format.extentOnline resource (76 pages)
dc.identifier.citationTracey, Lauren Louise (2018) Understanding young South African students' participation in local Government, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, <http://hdl.handle.net/10539/27100>
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/27100
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshCollege students--Political activity--South Africa
dc.subject.lcshHigher education and state--South Africa
dc.subject.lcshSouth Africa--Politics and government
dc.titleUnderstanding young South African students' participation in local governmenten_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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