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Making Political Science: Material-Aesthetic Approaches to Knowledge Production 创造政治科学：知识生产的物质-美学方法

Global Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1093/isagsq/ksad060

Michelle D Weitzel

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Making International Things: Designing World Politics Differently 创造国际事物：以不同方式设计世界政治

Global Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1093/isagsq/ksad068

Jonathan Luke Austin, Anna Leander

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What If We Were There? A Counter-Factual Call for IR to Engage with Material-Technological Making 如果我们身临其境会怎样？反事实呼吁国际关系参与物质技术制造

Global Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1093/isagsq/ksad063

Jonathan Luke Austin, Anna Leander

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When an International Organization Fails to Legitimate: The Decline of the OSCE 当国际组织失去合法性时：欧安组织的衰落

Global Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1093/isagsq/ksad057

L. Schuette, Hylke Dijkstra

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Making Data Visualizations, Contesting Security: Digital Humanities Meet International Relations 制作数据可视化，质疑安全：数字人文与国际关系

Global Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1093/isagsq/ksad061

Claudia Aradau, Tobias Blanke, Ibtehal Hussain

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In Search of Ontological Security: Why the Anglo-American Special Relationship Endures 寻找本体论的安全:英美特殊关系经久不衰的原因

Global Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1093/isagsq/ksad040

Sam Mohammadpour, M. R. Saeidabadi

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“Globalization and Social Identities at the Individual Level: Populism from Shifting at the Top?” “全球化与个人层面的社会认同:民粹主义来自顶层的转变?”

Global Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1093/isagsq/ksad038

David H. Bearce, Andrew McLeer, Ken Stallman

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How the World Bank Engages with the Sustainable Development Goal on Reducing Inequalities: A Case of Organizational Jiu-Jitsu 世界银行如何参与减少不平等的可持续发展目标:一个组织柔术的案例

Global Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1093/isagsq/ksad035

Melanie van Driel, F. Biermann, M. J. Vijge, Rakhyun E. Kim

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Climate, Women, and Conflict: Rebel Groups’ Armed Activities after Major Disasters 气候、妇女与冲突:重大灾害后反叛组织的武装活动

Global Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1093/isagsq/ksad039

T. Ide

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“Our Way of Life is not up for Negotiation!”: Climate Interventions in the Shadow of ‘Societal Security’ “我们的生活方式没有商量的余地!”:“社会保障”阴影下的气候干预

Global Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1093/isagsq/ksad037

Duncan P McLaren, Olaf Corry

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