{"title":"Niklas Luhmann","description":"\u003cp\u003eNiklas Luhmann’s works offer profound insights into the complexities of social systems and legal structures. Through his detailed exploration of systems theory, readers encounter a rigorous analysis of how communication and society interact, reshaping traditional sociological perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis writing invites a thoughtful engagement with the mechanisms underlying social organisation and authority, making these titles essential for those interested in advanced education and reference within sociology and legal theory.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-new-boss-by-niklas-luhmann-9781509517886","title":"The New Boss","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAny organization, no matter how stolid, may be unsettled by the news that a new boss is about to take over. Talk in the hallways increases, staff worry about their jobs, uncertainty grows. Even when the change has happened, problems emerge when the boss who was hired to manage “from above” has to learn about the organization “from below.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe New Boss\u003c\/em\u003e, Niklas Luhmann scrutinizes the relationship and shows how it is stretched to its limit by communication difficulties, demands for self-presentation, and disagreements concerning fundamental values. Many of the tensions crystallize around the question “who has the power?” It isn’t necessarily the boss, provided the employees are well versed in the art of directing their superiors. “Subtervision” is Luhmann’s term for this state of affairs, and tact is the most important means to this end. 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Through his many books, he developed a highly original form of systems theory that has been hugely influential in a wide variety of disciplines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eIntroduction to Systems Theory\u003c\/em\u003e, Luhmann explains the key ideas of general and sociological systems theory and supplies a wealth of examples to illustrate his approach. The book offers a wide range of concepts and theorems that can be applied to politics and the economy, religion and science, art and education, organisation and the family. Moreover, Luhmann’s ideas address important contemporary issues in such diverse fields as cognitive science, ecology, and the study of social movements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book provides all the necessary resources for readers to work through the foundations of systems theory – no other work by Luhmann is as clear and accessible as this. There is also much here that will be of great interest to more advanced scholars and practitioners in sociology and the social sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461074239724,"sku":"9780745645728","price":44.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780745645728-introduction-to-systems-theory.jpg?v=1774957415"},{"product_id":"a-sociological-theory-of-law-by-niklas-luhmann-9780415858960","title":"A Sociological Theory of Law","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNiklas Luhmann is recognised as a major social theorist, and his treatise on the sociology of law is a classic text. For Luhmann, law provides the framework of the state, lawyers are the main human resource for the state, and legal theory provides the most suitable base from which to theorise on the nature of society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe explores the concept of law in the light of a general theory of social systems, showing the important part law plays in resolving fundamental problems a society may face. 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