Student activism is a highly conflict filled terrain with very passionate individuals and groups ... more Student activism is a highly conflict filled terrain with very passionate individuals and groups involved. This study is an investigation of the relationship between mainstream politics and student activism. The study concedes that while student activism has been highly associated with social change and as a form of affirmative action and has been demonized by governments and conservatives because of this. Focus in this investigation is redirected to the influence of student activism in maintenance of socio political status quo after the GNU, which also is the point of departure of the study. In the process of coming up to this conclusion there is an extensive literature review which is followed by the presentation and outline of the study area which is the GZU, then goes on to outline the objectives which are the examination of political involvement in student activism, the student perceptions on student activism at the university, understanding the strategies by the students use to articulate their grievances and also the relevance of student activism in maintenance of the political status quo. The objectives are the base of the research and are explained using the conflict born concept by Dahrendorf in developing the understanding the dynamics involved with in the study the study clearly acknowledges that it is not the only concept suitable for understanding the study. The objectives researched and discussed using the stated concept and conclusions are reached on the basis of the findings of the study only and cannot be generalized entirely to any other situations outside the study.
Student activism is a highly conflict filled terrain with very passionate individuals and groups ... more Student activism is a highly conflict filled terrain with very passionate individuals and groups involved. This study is an investigation of the relationship between mainstream politics and student activism. The study concedes that while student activism has been highly associated with social change and as a form of affirmative action and has been demonized by governments and conservatives because of this. Focus in this investigation is redirected to the influence of student activism in maintenance of socio political status quo after the GNU, which also is the point of departure of the study. In the process of coming up to this conclusion there is an extensive literature review which is followed by the presentation and outline of the study area which is the GZU, then goes on to outline the objectives which are the examination of political involvement in student activism, the student perceptions on student activism at the university, understanding the strategies by the students use to articulate their grievances and also the relevance of student activism in maintenance of the political status quo. The objectives are the base of the research and are explained using the conflict born concept by Dahrendorf in developing the understanding the dynamics involved with in the study the study clearly acknowledges that it is not the only concept suitable for understanding the study. The objectives researched and discussed using the stated concept and conclusions are reached on the basis of the findings of the study only and cannot be generalized entirely to any other situations outside the study.
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