Assessment level of political participation among youth. The case of the National University of Lesotho

Bachelorarbeit , 2014 , 50 Seiten , Note: B+

Politik - Grundlagen und Allgemeines

The purpose of the study was to establish the ways in which this said community gets involved in politics, and which mode of involvement is mostly rampant within the NUL youth. The study was more determined to explore the diverse ways in which the youth find palatable and find it easy to indulge in as part of political participation process.
It was also the goal of this research to identify the mode of political participation which majority of the youth at NUL preferred over others. It was of paramount importance to discern how meaningful and fruitful do educated Basotho youth consider politics to be. The study used questionnaires to gather information that would address the objectives of this research paper. It also involved interacting with the youth at the National University of Lesotho to explore their level of political participation. In this regard, their inclination in political events were identified and established.

The youth are lacking in ministerial posts and the national assembly of Lesotho. Yet, it is common to hear people say that the youth are leaders of tomorrow. The aim of this research was to establish the level of political participation among the National University of Lesotho (NUL) youth. Data for this study was collected from 15 respondents through a questionnaire. The study found that that the youth participate less when it comes to voting in general elections and supporting political parties, especially when it comes to enrolling for their membership. On the contrary, the level of political participation among the youth at NUL was found to be high as measured using political activism. Despite their low level of political participation, it was established that the youth at NUL preferred to participate in politics through voting in general elections and buying political party products.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Abstract

CHAPTER 1
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Background to the problem
1.2 Statement of the problem
1.3 Objective of the study
1.4 Justification
1.5 Outline of the study
1.6 Preliminary literature review

CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW
2.0 Theoretical Framework
2.1 Understanding Political Participation
2.1.1 Why NUL should be Political Active
2.1.2 The Mobilization Model
2.2 Political Participation: Empirical Literature
2.2.1 Political participation through election
2.2.2 Determinants of youth voter turnout
2.2.3 Incentives for youth to vote
2.2.4 Disincentives for voting
2.2.5 Why youth votes matter
2.2.6 Political participation through Partisanship
2.3 Political participation and tertiary students
2.3.1 Factors Responsible for Youth Participation
2.3.2 Benefits of Partaking in Politics
2.3.3 Divergent Findings on Participation
2.3.4 Justification for low political participation
2.4 National University of Lesotho and Youth Political Participation
2.4.1 NUL: Historical Background
2.4.2 Political Participation among NUL Youth
2.4.3 Recent political participation Attempts by Students
2.4.4 NUL within a broader Social Context
2.4.5 The context of NUL and issues of participation
2.4.6 Why NUL May not be deep into Politics

CHAPTER 3 Methodology and Research Findings
3.0 Assessment of level of political participation among NUL youth
3.1 Methodology
3.1.1 Population
3.1.2 Sampling
3.1.3 Sample size
3.1.4 Data collection
3.1.5 Data analysis
3.2 Observation and NUL youth Responses

CHAPTER 4
4.0 Data Analysis and interpretation
4.1 Voting Assessment level
4.1.1 Partisanship Assessment level
4.1.2 Political Activism Assessment level
4.1.3 NUL youth reasons for political participation
4.1.4 Reasons for NUL Youth Respondents to avoid politics
4.1.5 Reasons why NUL youth respondents would join or not join a political party wing
4.1.6 Internal assessment of Level of political participation

CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.0 Introduction
5.1 Conclusion
5.2 Recommendation
5.2.1 Implications and recommendation on NUL Youth political participation

References

Appendix

Questionnaire

Figure 1 Levels of political participation Among NUL youth

Figure 2 The most preferred mode of political participation among NUL youth

Table 1 Political participation and gender disparity

• Note: B+
• Autor: Moeketsi Kali (Autor:in)
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
• Seiten: 50
• Katalognummer: V945738
• ISBN (eBook): 9783346281906
• ISBN (Buch): 9783346281913
• Sprache: Englisch
• Schlagworte: Political participation, voting, elections, youth, National University of Lesotho