Feesmustfall And Youth Mobilisation In South Africa

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction and rationale -- 1 The view of South African youth before #FeesMustFall -- 2 Were the 2015 student protests a revolution? -- 3 What the 2015 protests actually were and how they were possible -- 4 Ikhohlisan'ihlomile: FMF students' engagement with power and their ideological differences -- 5 Can South Africa's declining economy inspire student-led new revolution? -- 6 Youth's declining news consumption levels and ideologically divided media -- 7 Youth's polysemic interpretation of the ANC regime and the limits of the new revolution -- 8 Youths' declining participation levels in the public sphere: the constraints of new revolution -- 9 Conclusion: FMF protests will not lead to a revolution per se (at least not yet), but to wide ranging reforms -- References -- Index