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 /

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 a...

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Main Author: Luescher, Thierry M.
Other Authors: Kiiru, Sam
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Wynberg [South Africa] : Centre for Higher Education Transformation (CHET), 2011.
Series:Higher education & society.
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505 0 |a 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 
505 8 |a 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 
505 8 |a 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 
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