Systems Theory and Power/Knowledge:: A Foucauldian Reconstruction of Niklas Luhmann's Systems Theory

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 58-90

  Rempel, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84993044923     PISSN: 0144333X     EISSN: 17586720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb013250     Document Type: Review

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