The University as a social system: Niklas Luhmann on the problem of self-descriptions
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2013
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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.
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Kefale, K. 2013. The University as a social system: Niklas Luhmann on the problem of self-descriptions. University of Cape Town.