Public evaluations of the South African Presidents

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dc.contributor.advisorMattes, Roberten_ZA
dc.contributor.authorFelton, Jamyen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-26T13:35:37Z
dc.date.available2017-01-26T13:35:37Z
dc.date.issued2016en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates the nature of public evaluations of the presidents of South Africa over time. It consists of two statistically explorative components; a descriptive analysis which looks at the nature of Presidential Approval, and a multivariate analysis which tests competing hypothesis. Using IDASA and Afrobarometer data from 1997, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2015, this thesis tests an Identity hypothesis, a Performance Evaluation hypothesis and a Cognitive Awareness hypothesis to determine which factors predict approval levels of the president. Findings indicate that South Africans are more likely to make use of low-information reasoning when ascribing support than to use their cognitive awareness of current affairs. There is an indication that South Africans who share an identity with the president are more likely to approve of the president - especially in recent years. However, South Africans are rational people who are more likely to base their approval of the president on how the government performs and how they perceive the economy.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationFelton, J. (2016). <i>Public evaluations of the South African Presidents</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23401en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationFelton, Jamy. <i>"Public evaluations of the South African Presidents."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23401en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationFelton, J. 2016. Public evaluations of the South African Presidents. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Felton, Jamy AB - This study investigates the nature of public evaluations of the presidents of South Africa over time. It consists of two statistically explorative components; a descriptive analysis which looks at the nature of Presidential Approval, and a multivariate analysis which tests competing hypothesis. Using IDASA and Afrobarometer data from 1997, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2015, this thesis tests an Identity hypothesis, a Performance Evaluation hypothesis and a Cognitive Awareness hypothesis to determine which factors predict approval levels of the president. Findings indicate that South Africans are more likely to make use of low-information reasoning when ascribing support than to use their cognitive awareness of current affairs. There is an indication that South Africans who share an identity with the president are more likely to approve of the president - especially in recent years. However, South Africans are rational people who are more likely to base their approval of the president on how the government performs and how they perceive the economy. DA - 2016 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2016 T1 - Public evaluations of the South African Presidents TI - Public evaluations of the South African Presidents UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23401 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/23401
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationFelton J. Public evaluations of the South African Presidents. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies, 2016 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23401en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Political Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPolitical Scienceen_ZA
dc.titlePublic evaluations of the South African Presidentsen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMAen_ZA
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