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The University as a social system: Niklas Luhmann on the problem of self-descriptions
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Department of Sociology
2015
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| author | Kefale, Kende |
| author2 | Jubber, Ken |
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| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
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| publishDate | 2015 |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11338 The University as a social system: Niklas Luhmann on the problem of self-descriptions Kefale, Kende Jubber, Ken Sociology Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references. This examination is undertaken to investigate whether the self-description provided by the University of Cape Town (UCT) regarding its race-based affirmative action in admissions is responsible for the heated debate that it continues to elicit. It begins with a close examination of Luhmann's "Social Systems" which is used to conceptualize the university itself as a social system. 2015-01-05T06:43:58Z 2015-01-05T06:43:58Z 2013 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11338 eng application/pdf Department of Sociology Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Sociology Kefale, Kende The University as a social system: Niklas Luhmann on the problem of self-descriptions |
| thesis_degree_str | Doctoral |
| title | The University as a social system: Niklas Luhmann on the problem of self-descriptions |
| title_full | The University as a social system: Niklas Luhmann on the problem of self-descriptions |
| title_fullStr | The University as a social system: Niklas Luhmann on the problem of self-descriptions |
| title_full_unstemmed | The University as a social system: Niklas Luhmann on the problem of self-descriptions |
| title_short | The University as a social system: Niklas Luhmann on the problem of self-descriptions |
| title_sort | university as a social system niklas luhmann on the problem of self descriptions |
| topic | Sociology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11338 |
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