Students and the struggle for democracy in sub-Saharan Africa 1995-2005: with a focus on Senegal and Zimbabwe

Auteur:

Isaac Leo Zeilig

Date de publication:

30 Juin 2005

Mots-clefs:

Students
Élèves
étudiants
Struggle
Effort
Democracy
démocratie
democracia
Africa, Sub-Saharan
Fleuve Sénégal
Sénégal
Zimbabwe
tesis
Agent (Philosophy)
Agent (philosophie)
Personne (philosophie)
cambio
Change
Changement (philosophie)
Change (périodique)
Cambio (Filosofía)
Exercise
Exercices physiques
Effort physique
Ejercicio físico
Afrique
Africa
Afrique (province romaine)
Actors
Manufacturers' agents
Représentants de commerce
Commission merchants
Commissionnaires et courtiers
groupes sociaux
Social groups
Groupes, Dynamique des
Grupos sociales
Dinámica de grupos
éducation
educación
Pédagogie
Administration scolaire
identidad
Identity (Philosophical concept)
Identité (philosophie)
Political leadership
necesidad
Estado
Naturaleza
Nature
Risques naturels
Curiosités et merveilles naturelles
Trois règnes de la Nature
Nature (périodique. - Grande-Bretagne)
life
Life (périodique)
Vie
Vida
Context
voie
Globalization
Financial institutions, International
Institutions financières internationales
mundo
banco
Case studies
Études de cas
Interviews
entretiens
Entrevistas
Investigación
research
recherche
Nineteen nineties
Années 1990
Mass
Messe
Masse
Misa
transición
Drama
Théâtre (genre littéraire)
Pièces de théâtre
Teatro (Género literario)
posta
Theater
théâtre
Teatro
Acting
Art dramatique
Arte dramático
ruling
tiempo (cronología)
Time
Time (périodique. - New York)
temps
Tiempo
Autonomy
Autonomie
élections
Système électoral
Elecciones
College students
Student movements
Mouvements étudiants
Movimientos estudiantiles
Shapes
politics
Political science
science politique
Politics (périodique)
Idées politiques
administration
Modes d'administration
gouvernement
Rection
Política
Politics and government
Politique et gouvernement
Politics, Practical
Pratiques politiques
Humanities
Lettres classiques (enseignement supérieur)
Humanidades
science
Sciences
ciencia
Progrès scientifique et technique
Ciencias
Et la nature
sciences humaines

Publié ici :

02 Février 2016

Mis à jour le :

04 Août 2017

Domaines:

Sciences politiques

Langue de publication:

Anglais

This thesis examines students as agents of political change in sub-Saharan Africa. It explores the extent to which students exercise political agency, and the ways in which opportunities for agency are shaped by historical and geographical circumstances. It is argued that in post-colonial Africa students are, in many respects, politically privileged actors. This is attributable to a host of factors including the relative weaknesses of other social groups; the cultural status of education; the small numbers who make it to university; their shared identity with political leadership; the need of the state for graduates and the nature of campus life. 1-lowever, structural factors intervene, shaping a wider political and economic context and the way students exercise agency. These processes are today associated with globalisation and related to the neo-liberal agenda of international financial institutions (IFIs); World Bank pressures on education systems and the role of non-governmental organisations (NGOs). Within these wider structural changes students do, however, exercise political agency to a varied extent.The two case studies in the thesis are based on interviews with leading student activists and archival research and focus on similar moments of political activism. In the late 1990s both Zimbabwe and Senegal under went important 'transitions'. In Zimbabwe it resulted in the formation of a mass party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), in 1999 after a period of widespread social protests. As the regime regained momentum after the formation of the MDC the 'transition' became increasingly frustrated. Student activists were involved in each stage of this political ferment. Although Senegal did not see mass mobilisation, the country experienced an important 'electoral transition'. The ruling Parti Soda/isle (PS) was overturned for the first time since independence in presidential elections in March 2000 by an opposition coalition. University students played a vital role in the changement polilique that shook Senegal during this period. By focusing on these moments of student activism the research shows how students shape and are shaped by national processes of political change and popular protest and have maintained a role as politically privileged actors.

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