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Undergraduates' political participation behaviors in public universities of Hebei province, China

Political participation is a necessity of human life and the level of it reflects the degree of democracy which can be considered not only the right but also the obligation. Hebei province as a populous province has a large population of undergraduates, especially the expansion the university educat...

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Main Authors: Yang, Yanan, Xia, Nan, Ahmad, Zaid, Jawan, Jayum, Talib, Ahmad Tarmizi
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Language:English
Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2018
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/69747/1/69747.pdf
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spelling oai:psasir.upm.edu.my:69747 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/69747/ Undergraduates' political participation behaviors in public universities of Hebei province, China Yang, Yanan Xia, Nan Ahmad, Zaid Jawan, Jayum Talib, Ahmad Tarmizi Political participation is a necessity of human life and the level of it reflects the degree of democracy which can be considered not only the right but also the obligation. Hebei province as a populous province has a large population of undergraduates, especially the expansion the university education policy carrying out in 2008. For the undergraduates in Hebei Province, they do not have adequate political knowledge, political skills and rarely practice in political activities. The objective of this article is to propose and evaluate students’ political participation behaviors in Hebei public universities of China. Data of this article is based on two sources; primary data were collected through questionnaire and 1990 informants were selected based on the cluster sampling method, the main statistical method for evaluation of research hypotheses is on the basis of on the basis of SmartPLS and SPSS software, meanwhile, secondary data which were collected from journal articles, reports and so on. Findings of this study indicate that, the level of students’ political participation was low in public universities in Hebei province in China. Moreover, the author elaborated four reasons that led to the low political participation behaviors in public universities of Hebei Province, which were the weak economic foundation, the backwardness of the cultural environment, the unsound political system and the influence of traditional culture. In addition, the author suggested that political participation among Hebei province public universities students need to improve and develop. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/69747/1/69747.pdf Yang, Yanan and Xia, Nan and Ahmad, Zaid and Jawan, Jayum and Talib, Ahmad Tarmizi (2018) Undergraduates' political participation behaviors in public universities of Hebei province, China. Asian Social Science, 14 (8). pp. 132-144. ISSN 1911-2017; ESSN: 1911-2025 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ass/article/view/75825 10.5539/ass.v14n8p132
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description Political participation is a necessity of human life and the level of it reflects the degree of democracy which can be considered not only the right but also the obligation. Hebei province as a populous province has a large population of undergraduates, especially the expansion the university education policy carrying out in 2008. For the undergraduates in Hebei Province, they do not have adequate political knowledge, political skills and rarely practice in political activities. The objective of this article is to propose and evaluate students’ political participation behaviors in Hebei public universities of China. Data of this article is based on two sources; primary data were collected through questionnaire and 1990 informants were selected based on the cluster sampling method, the main statistical method for evaluation of research hypotheses is on the basis of on the basis of SmartPLS and SPSS software, meanwhile, secondary data which were collected from journal articles, reports and so on. Findings of this study indicate that, the level of students’ political participation was low in public universities in Hebei province in China. Moreover, the author elaborated four reasons that led to the low political participation behaviors in public universities of Hebei Province, which were the weak economic foundation, the backwardness of the cultural environment, the unsound political system and the influence of traditional culture. In addition, the author suggested that political participation among Hebei province public universities students need to improve and develop.
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author Yang, Yanan
Xia, Nan
Ahmad, Zaid
Jawan, Jayum
Talib, Ahmad Tarmizi
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Xia, Nan
Ahmad, Zaid
Jawan, Jayum
Talib, Ahmad Tarmizi
Undergraduates' political participation behaviors in public universities of Hebei province, China
author_facet Yang, Yanan
Xia, Nan
Ahmad, Zaid
Jawan, Jayum
Talib, Ahmad Tarmizi
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title Undergraduates' political participation behaviors in public universities of Hebei province, China
title_short Undergraduates' political participation behaviors in public universities of Hebei province, China
title_full Undergraduates' political participation behaviors in public universities of Hebei province, China
title_fullStr Undergraduates' political participation behaviors in public universities of Hebei province, China
title_full_unstemmed Undergraduates' political participation behaviors in public universities of Hebei province, China
title_sort undergraduates' political participation behaviors in public universities of hebei province, china
publisher Canadian Center of Science and Education
publishDate 2018
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