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Counter-Hegemonic Strategy from the Global South: A Pluri-scalar War of Position 全球南方的反霸权战略:一场多尺度的阵地战

Socialism and Democracy Pub Date : 2021-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/08854300.2021.1994295

Thomas Muhr

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Cuban Health Care: The Ongoing Revolution 古巴卫生保健:正在进行的革命

Socialism and Democracy Pub Date : 2021-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/08854300.2021.1977614

A. Ainsworth

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引用次数: 1

Lessons of Socialist Reformisms: Revisiting the German, Swedish, and French Social Democracies 社会主义改良主义的教训:重新审视德国、瑞典和法国的社会民主主义

Socialism and Democracy Pub Date : 2021-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/08854300.2021.2085993

Saeed Rahnema

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Latin American Extractivism: Dependency, Resource Nationalism, and Resistance in Broad Perspective 拉丁美洲的采掘主义:依赖、资源民族主义和广义上的抵抗

Socialism and Democracy Pub Date : 2021-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/08854300.2021.1993701

Malik Fercovic Cerda

引用次数: 5

The Marketization of Gender Equality: A Historical Perspective 性别平等市场化:一个历史的视角

Socialism and Democracy Pub Date : 2021-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/08854300.2021.2103905

Kevin T. Sharp

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A Tremble in the Rails 铁轨上的颤抖

Socialism and Democracy Pub Date : 2021-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/08854300.2021.2016336

J. Sronce

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American Community: Radical Experiments in Intentional Living 美国社区:有意生活的激进实验

Socialism and Democracy Pub Date : 2021-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/08854300.2021.1978015

Joan Roelofs

引用次数: 1

Able to Lead: Disablement, Radicalism and the Political Life of E.T. Kingsley 《能够领导:残疾、激进主义与E.T.金斯利的政治生活》

Socialism and Democracy Pub Date : 2021-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/08854300.2022.2043812

P. Buhle

引用次数: 1

Mike Gold: The People’s Writer 迈克·戈尔德:《人民作家》

Socialism and Democracy Pub Date : 2021-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/08854300.2021.2005867

Harry R. Targ

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Of Wolves in Sheep's Clothing and the Damage Done 披着羊皮的狼和造成的伤害

Socialism and Democracy Pub Date : 2021-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/08854300.2021.2007637

B. Epstein, M. Callahan

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