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New management, old energy: The UK Labour Party's revanchist energy policy 新管理，旧能源:英国工党的复仇主义能源政策

Soundings: a journal of politics and culture Pub Date : 2023-05-01 DOI: 10.3898/soun.83.03.2023

Gareth Fearn

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Ocean justice: Rethinking global justice from the sea 海洋正义:从海洋重新思考全球正义

Soundings: a journal of politics and culture Pub Date : 2023-05-01 DOI: 10.3898/soun.83.01.2023

Antje Scharenberg, Chris Armstrong

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Border abolition and the struggle against capitalism 废除边界和反对资本主义的斗争

Soundings: a journal of politics and culture Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.3898/soun.82.03.2022

G. Bradley, Luke de Noronha

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Participation and democracy in German public service broadcasting 德国公共广播服务的参与与民主

Soundings: a journal of politics and culture Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.3898/soun.82.06.2022

A. Weiss

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Solidarity against the odds: trade union activism in a hostile environment 逆境中的团结:敌对环境中的工会行动主义

Soundings: a journal of politics and culture Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.3898/soun.82.02.2022

Farheen Ahmed, D. Featherstone, Kirsten Forkert

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Counter-hegemonic strategies for democratic alter-politics: critical notes on the experiences of 1990-2019 民主另类政治的反霸权战略:对1990-2019年经验的批判性笔记

Soundings: a journal of politics and culture Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.3898/soun.82.05.2022

Alexandros Kioupkiolis

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'Protecting the NHS'- and its limits “保护NHS”——以及它的局限性

Soundings: a journal of politics and culture Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.3898/soun.82.04.2022

Colin Lorne, M. Lambert

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The spirit of resistance 反抗精神

Soundings: a journal of politics and culture Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.3898/soun.82.01.2022

Michael W. Lynch, G. Younge

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It's not about academic life: That's what I have to tell you 这与学术生活无关:这就是我要告诉你的

Soundings: a journal of politics and culture Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.3898/soun.82.07.2022

J. Littler, G. Bhattacharyya

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What’s at stake in the culture wars? 文化战争的利害关系是什么?

Soundings: a journal of politics and culture Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.3898/soun:81.01.2022

J. Newman, John Clarke

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