The University as a social system: Niklas Luhmann on the problem of self-descriptions

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dc.contributor.advisorJubber, Kenen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorKefale, Kendeen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-05T06:43:58Z
dc.date.available2015-01-05T06:43:58Z
dc.date.issued2013en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes abstract.en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationKefale, K. (2013). <i>The University as a social system: Niklas Luhmann on the problem of self-descriptions</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11338en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationKefale, Kende. <i>"The University as a social system: Niklas Luhmann on the problem of self-descriptions."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11338en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKefale, K. 2013. The University as a social system: Niklas Luhmann on the problem of self-descriptions. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Kefale, Kende AB - 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. DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 T1 - The University as a social system: Niklas Luhmann on the problem of self-descriptions TI - The University as a social system: Niklas Luhmann on the problem of self-descriptions UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11338 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/11338
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationKefale K. The University as a social system: Niklas Luhmann on the problem of self-descriptions. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology, 2013 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11338en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Sociologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherSociologyen_ZA
dc.titleThe University as a social system: Niklas Luhmann on the problem of self-descriptionsen_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
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