Political apathy amongst students : a case study of Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

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dc.contributor.authorBreakfast, Ntsikelelo B.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBradshaw, Gavinen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorHaines, Richarden_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-05T12:41:29Z
dc.date.available2021-02-05T12:41:29Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionCITATION: Breakfast, N. B., Bradshaw, G. & Haines, R. 2017. Political apathy amongst students : a case study of Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. Africa’s Public Service Delivery & Performance Review, 5(1):a172, doi:10.4102/apsdpr.v5i1.172.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://apsdpr.org
dc.description.abstractThe primary motivation for this research, in which a qualitative method was employed, was to examine political apathy amongst students at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. The secondary motivation was to question whether youth political apathy threatens the consolidation of democracy. The researchers arranged four focus groups at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. A purposive sampling technique was utilised. All 50 participants in the study were Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University undergraduate and postgraduate black students, with ages ranging from 21 to 35 years. The researchers encouraged participants to have maximum participation in the focus group deliberations. The researchers also made use of elite interviews in the study. The findings of this study suggest that political apathy does exist amongst students at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. Most of the participants in the focus groups indicated that young people in post-apartheid South Africa have no interest in politics.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://apsdpr.org/index.php/apsdpr/article/view/172
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent8 pages
dc.identifier.citationBreakfast, N. B., Bradshaw, G. & Haines, R. 2017. Political apathy amongst students : a case study of Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. Africa’s Public Service Delivery & Performance Review, 5(1):a172, doi:10.4102/apsdpr.v5i1.172.
dc.identifier.issn2310-2152 (online)
dc.identifier.issn2310-2195 (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.4102/apsdpr.v5i1.172
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/109531
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherAOSIS
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyright
dc.subjectPolitical sociologyen_ZA
dc.subjectNelson Mandela Metropolitan Universityen_ZA
dc.subjectStudents -- Political activityen_ZA
dc.titlePolitical apathy amongst students : a case study of Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Universityen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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