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Youth Participation in Politics: The Case of Zambian University Students

Youth Participation in Politics: The Case of Zambian University Students

Sam Phiri
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 25
ISBN13: 9781522593881|ISBN10: 1522593888|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781522593898|EISBN13: 9781522593904
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9388-1.ch004
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Phiri, Sam. "Youth Participation in Politics: The Case of Zambian University Students." Participation of Young People in Governance Processes in Africa, edited by Jeffrey Kurebwa and Obadiah Dodo, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 54-78. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9388-1.ch004

APA

Phiri, S. (2019). Youth Participation in Politics: The Case of Zambian University Students. In J. Kurebwa & O. Dodo (Eds.), Participation of Young People in Governance Processes in Africa (pp. 54-78). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9388-1.ch004

Chicago

Phiri, Sam. "Youth Participation in Politics: The Case of Zambian University Students." In Participation of Young People in Governance Processes in Africa, edited by Jeffrey Kurebwa and Obadiah Dodo, 54-78. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9388-1.ch004

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Abstract

This chapter explores the manner in which Zambian university students engage with public policy decisions which are of immediate and future interest to them. It observes that the youths may have little faith in representative democracy and instead are utilizing social media platforms to directly engage with decision-makers and publics, and thus subverting the essence of the authority of parliament. The study uses descriptive survey design and the methodology of “Briscolage” to capture and scrutinize two politically charged cases, and concludes that the youth globally may be challenging liberalism and in that way fashioning a new narrative entrenched in postmodernism.

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