Commitment to democracy in Mozambique: performance evaluations and cognition: evidence from round 2 of the Afrobarometer survey data
| dc.contributor.author | Shenga, Carlos | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-03T08:26:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-05-03T08:26:46Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-05-03T08:25:36Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study explores the nature of Mozambicans' commitment to democracy by testing and examining cognitive and performance evaluation factors, using Round 2 of the Afrobarometer survey. It finds that Mozambicans are less committed to democracy than many other Africans but their levels of procedural understanding of democracy are higher. My main findings are as follows: First, levels of information are the main source of popular commitment to democracy. Second, both evaluations of economic and political performance matter for Mozambicans' commitment to democracy. Third, the effects of political performance matter more than economics. Fourth, people who have high levels of information (from news media use and formal education), discuss politics with friends or neighbors and obtain their information from relatively more independent sources (such as participation in collective action and contacting religious leaders) are more likely to be committed democrats. Fifth, procedural understandings of democracy are positively relevant for individual commitment to democracy. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Shenga, C. (2007). <i>Commitment to democracy in Mozambique: performance evaluations and cognition: evidence from round 2 of the Afrobarometer survey data</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19347 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Shenga, Carlos <i>Commitment to democracy in Mozambique: performance evaluations and cognition: evidence from round 2 of the Afrobarometer survey data.</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR), 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19347 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Shenga, C. (2007). Commitment to democracy in Mozambique: performance evaluations and cognition: evidence from round 2 of the Afrobarometer survey data. Centre for Social Science Research: University of Cape Town. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Working Paper AU - Shenga, Carlos AB - This study explores the nature of Mozambicans' commitment to democracy by testing and examining cognitive and performance evaluation factors, using Round 2 of the Afrobarometer survey. It finds that Mozambicans are less committed to democracy than many other Africans but their levels of procedural understanding of democracy are higher. My main findings are as follows: First, levels of information are the main source of popular commitment to democracy. Second, both evaluations of economic and political performance matter for Mozambicans' commitment to democracy. Third, the effects of political performance matter more than economics. Fourth, people who have high levels of information (from news media use and formal education), discuss politics with friends or neighbors and obtain their information from relatively more independent sources (such as participation in collective action and contacting religious leaders) are more likely to be committed democrats. Fifth, procedural understandings of democracy are positively relevant for individual commitment to democracy. DA - 2007 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2007 T1 - Commitment to democracy in Mozambique: performance evaluations and cognition: evidence from round 2 of the Afrobarometer survey data TI - Commitment to democracy in Mozambique: performance evaluations and cognition: evidence from round 2 of the Afrobarometer survey data UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19347 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19347 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Shenga C. Commitment to democracy in Mozambique: performance evaluations and cognition: evidence from round 2 of the Afrobarometer survey data. 2007 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19347 | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR) | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Commitment to democracy in Mozambique: performance evaluations and cognition: evidence from round 2 of the Afrobarometer survey data | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Working Paper | en_ZA |
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| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Research paper | en_ZA |