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Would violent tactics cost a democratic movement its international support? A critical examination of Hong Kong's anti-ELAB movement using sentiment analysis and topic modelling 暴力策略会使民主运动失去国际支持吗?运用情绪分析和主题模型对香港反elab运动进行批判性研究

IF 1 3区社会学

Japanese Journal of Political Science Pub Date : 2022-02-21 DOI: 10.1017/S1468109921000414

Elizabeth Lui

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Deconstructing the ‘Yoshida Doctrine’ 解构“吉田主义”

IF 1 3区社会学

Japanese Journal of Political Science Pub Date : 2022-02-08 DOI: 10.1017/S1468109922000019

Hiroyuki Hoshiro

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引用次数: 2

Distorted policy transfer and institutional conflicts: the health insurance reform in South Korea 扭曲的政策转移与制度冲突:韩国医疗保险改革

IF 1 3区社会学

Japanese Journal of Political Science Pub Date : 2022-02-07 DOI: 10.1017/S1468109921000384

Seongjo Kim, Sun-Woo Lee

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Coordinating nominations: how to deal with an incumbent surplus after electoral reform 协调提名:如何处理选举改革后的在任者盈余

IF 1 3区社会学

Japanese Journal of Political Science Pub Date : 2022-01-13 DOI: 10.1017/S1468109921000396

Jochen Rehmert

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Risk society and the politics of food safety problems in China 风险社会与中国食品安全问题政治

IF 1 3区社会学

Japanese Journal of Political Science Pub Date : 2022-01-04 DOI: 10.1017/S1468109921000372

Guanghua Han, Y. Zhai

引用次数: 10

Solidarity in diversity: online petitions and collective identity in Hong Kong's Anti-Extradition Bill Movement 多元化中的团结：香港反萃取法案运动中的网络请愿与集体认同

IF 1 3区社会学

Japanese Journal of Political Science Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1017/S146810992100030X

S. Yuen, Kin Tong

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引用次数: 8

Resisting autocratization: the protest–repression nexus in Hong Kong's Anti-ELAB Movement 抵制独裁:香港反elab运动中的抗议与镇压关系

IF 1 3区社会学

Japanese Journal of Political Science Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1017/S1468109921000347

Hans H. Tung, Yuko Kasuya

引用次数: 2

Poverty alleviation and state building in peripheral areas: evidence from China 周边地区的扶贫与国家建设:来自中国的证据

IF 1 3区社会学

Japanese Journal of Political Science Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1017/S1468109921000281

Chao-Yo Cheng

引用次数: 1

Anti-ELAB Movement, National Security Law, and heterogeneous institutional trust in Hong Kong 反elab运动、国家安全法与香港异质机构信任

IF 1 3区社会学

Japanese Journal of Political Science Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1017/S1468109921000293

Hans H. Tung, Ming-Jen Lin, Yi-Fan Lin

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JJP volume 22 issue 4 Cover and Back matter JJP第22卷第4期封面和封底

IF 1 3区社会学

Japanese Journal of Political Science Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1017/s1468109921000360

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