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Must Labour Win? 工党必须获胜吗?

Political Insight Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1177/20419058231167259

Peter Geoghegan

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The Rocky Road to Candidate Selection 候选人选拔的坎坷之路

Political Insight Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1177/20419058231167261

P. Keaveney

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MPs’ Second Jobs: A Scandal Waiting to Happen 国会议员的第二份工作:即将发生的丑闻

Political Insight Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1177/20419058231167268

Sophie Stowers

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Is Support for Liberal Democracy in Crisis? 对自由民主的支持陷入危机?

Political Insight Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1177/20419058231167260

D. Devine

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Government in Waiting? Labour Under Sir Keir Starmer 候任政府?基尔·斯塔默爵士领导下的工党

Political Insight Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1177/20419058231167259a

Victoria Honeyman

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Last Word: ‘Levelling up’: a Political Failure? 结束语:“升级”:政治失败?

Political Insight Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1177/20419058231167272

Lawrence McKay

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The State of the Union? US Midterms and the Race for 2024 国情咨文?美国中期选举和2024年总统大选

Political Insight Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1177/20419058231167262

Alex Waddan

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What’s the Future for the House of Lords? 英国上议院的未来是什么?

Political Insight Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1177/20419058231167266

B. Williams

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The Rise of the Local MP 地方议员的崛起

Political Insight Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1177/20419058231167270

P. Cowley, R. Gandy, S. Foster

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Reform or Revolution? French Politics at the Crossroads 改革还是革命?十字路口的法国政治

Political Insight Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1177/20419058231167271

Helen Drake

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