NIKLAS LUHMANN’S SOCIAL SYSTEMS THEORY: THE ISSUE OF SUBSYSTEM AUTONOMY by Milorad Djuric, Djordje Stojanovic

“…While within these orientations, (social) systems are mainly interpreted as centralised entities whose structures are stabilised by purpose determined at the top, Luhmann, in his general theory of social systems privileges internal differentiation in which subsystems autonomously define their purposes, making society more flexible and capable of responding to environmental challenges. …”
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Introduction: A Special Issue on Niklas Luhmann’s systems theory and law by Stine Piilgaard Porner Nielsen

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The legacy of Luhmann’s sociology of law by Lucas Fucci Amato

“… This paper aims to map the possibilities of adopting social systems theory in order to couple three usually isolated domains: social theory, jurisprudence and empirical research. …”
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SOCIAL NETWORKS OF THE INTERNET WITHIN THE THEORY OF AUTOPOIESIS BY NIKLAS LUHMANN by E. Yudina, S. Zakharova

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Luhmanns Medium-Form-Unterscheidung als Theorie der Satzmodelle by Johannes Kreidler

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Epistemological and empirical challenges of Niklas Luhmann’s systems theory: an interview with professors Álvaro Pires and Lukas Sosoe by Álvaro Pires, Lukas Sosoe, Lucas Fucci Amato, Marco Antonio Loschiavo Leme de Barros, Gabriel Ferreira da Fonseca

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A conformação dos grupos de pesquisa em biotecnologia da cana de açúcar na região norte-fluminense: a perspectiva do "novo sistemismo" by Adelia Maria Miglievich Ribeiro, Fabricio Monteiro Neves

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International Hierarchy and Functional Differentiation of States: Results of an Expert Survey by A. D. Nesmashnyi, V. M. Zhornist, I. A. Safranchuk

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Swedish trade unions and in-work poverty by Ann-Christine Hartzén

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Political Power in the Mirror of Mass Media Constructions: The Function of Televised Debates in the U.S. Presidential Election by Laura Vorberg

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Is It Possible to Observe Society in Its Totality? Niklas Luhmann as Perseus and Medusa as Society by A. Yu. Antonovskiy

“…The article raises the question of the theoretical and cognitive foundations of sociological observation in the system-communication theory of Niklas Luhmann. Observation of society in its entirety is possible only from within itself, and therefore its observer (sociologist, artist, writer, moralist, politician or participant in a social movement) is necessarily included in the observed object itself. …”
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A Critical Review on the Book Theory of Systems and Paradigm Shift in Sociology by Hamid Sajadi

“…Nicholas Luhmann's systems theory as a social theory has created a good perspective for understanding the social system and the modern world. …”
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The evolution of transnational sustainability governance through a systems theory lens by Karin Buhmann

“… This article applies Luhmann’s systems theory approach to the argumentative dynamics of the processes and outcomes of key UN and EU initiatives during the decade 2002-2011 in regard to the development and acceptance of human rights responsibilities for business enterprises. …”
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Sex professionals in Latin America by Artur Stamford da Silva, Mariana Farias Silva

“…The theoretical content is based on Niklas Luhmann's theory of society as a social communication system and Luis Antônio Marcuschi's theory of language as a social work. …”
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Excesso de autorreferência e falta de heterorreferência: o simbolismo da atuação do STF em direito à saúde by Fernando Rister de Sousa Lima

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Domestic Education as a System and an Object of Management by E. N. Ivakhnenko

“…The article proposes communicative conceptualization of the notion of “education system”. The turn of modern theoretical sociology toward the  system-communicative theory (N. …”
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Improving the hospital or immunizing its organization? Patient and public involvement at the service of quality by Bernard Voz, Benoît Pétré, Jean-François Orianne

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Corruption in unlikely places by Karin Pedersen

“…Danish court records, however, show that corruption cases have appeared in the 21st century. Using Luhmann’s systems theory and Foucault’s method of genealogy, this article asks how this has happened. …”
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Global crisis governance in response to scientific information by Karin Buhmann, Jingjing Wu

“…Addressing public governance and relevance of Luhmann’s systems theory, our findings suggest that decision-makers can be prompted into action through deployment of arguments that connect to governments’ logic. …”
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Schoenberg – Schenker – Bach. A Harmonic, Contrapuntal, Formal Braid by Matthew Arndt

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