Undergraduate Journal of Politics and International Relations最新文献

From Vergangenheitsbewältigung to Violence: Unravelling the Paradoxes of the German Extreme-Right 从Vergangenheitsbewältigung到暴力:揭示德国极右翼的悖论

Undergraduate Journal of Politics and International Relations Pub Date : 2019-04-29 DOI: 10.22599/UJPIR.65

J. Kushner

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Socio-Economic Discrimination and Processes of Securitisation as Catalysts of Radicalisation among Franco-Maghrebis 社会经济歧视和证券化过程是马格里布裔法国人激进化的催化剂

Undergraduate Journal of Politics and International Relations Pub Date : 2019-04-29 DOI: 10.22599/UJPIR.102

Chaim E. Narang

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The Growth of Incarceration in the United States: Leaving Proportionality Behind 美国监禁人数的增长:把比例问题抛在脑后

Undergraduate Journal of Politics and International Relations Pub Date : 2019-04-29 DOI: 10.22599/UJPIR.7

Oliver Durose

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Electoral Tourism, Normative Power or Instrumentalised Practice? European Union Election Observation Missions in Africa 选举旅游，规范权力还是工具化实践?欧洲联盟非洲选举观察团

Undergraduate Journal of Politics and International Relations Pub Date : 2019-04-29 DOI: 10.22599/UJPIR.13

Elisabeth Magnes

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