#FeesMustFall Protests in South Africa: A Critical Realist Analysis of Selected Newspaper Articles

Autor/in	Mavunga, George
Titel	#FeesMustFall Protests in South Africa: A Critical Realist Analysis of Selected Newspaper Articles
Quelle	In: Journal of Student Affairs in Africa, 7 (2019) 1, S.81-99 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2307-6267
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Newspapers; Activism; Conflict Resolution; College Students; Stakeholders; Fees; Costs; Social Problems; Cultural Influences; Violence; Minority Groups; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Newspaper; Zeitung; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Conflict solving; Konfliktlösung; Konfliktregelung; Collegestudent; Gebühren; Studiengebühren; Cost; Kosten; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Gewalt; Ethnische Minderheit; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Using Critical Realism, this article looks at articles from selected South African newspapers which reported on the #FeesMustFall protests. The study established that, arising from the protests, was a culture characteried by tensions and distrust amongst stakeholders such as students, university management and the government. This, the article argues, was a result of how each of these stakeholders perceived, and went on to exercise, their agency in an attempt to resolve the conflict arising from the protests. To avert a recurrence of negative consequences of student protests such as the destruction of property and development of toxic and adversarial relationships amongst different stakeholders, the article recommends collaborative approaches to conflict resolution in South African higher education. These approaches need to be framed differently from those in which some stakeholders seek to use their agency to achieve outright victory over other stakeholders -- a recurring mode of engagement during the #FeesMustFall protests. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01