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Unlearning and Relearning Europe: Theoretical and Practical Approaches to Decolonising European Studies Curricula 释放与重新学习欧洲：欧洲研究课程非殖民化的理论与实践途径

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Journal of Contemporary European Research Pub Date : 2023-08-24 DOI: 10.30950/jcer.v19i2.1298

Aincre Maame-Fosua Evans, Danai Petropoulou Ionescu

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Rethinking African-European Scientific Cooperation: The Case of the Platform for African-European Studies 反思非洲-欧洲科学合作：以非洲-欧洲研究平台为例

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Journal of Contemporary European Research Pub Date : 2023-08-24 DOI: 10.30950/jcer.v19i2.1299

C. Nshimbi, P. Develtere, Bacha Kebede Debela

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Critical and Problem-Solving Perspectives on Decentring EU External Action Studies 欧盟外部行动研究分权的关键和问题解决视角

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Journal of Contemporary European Research Pub Date : 2023-08-24 DOI: 10.30950/jcer.v19i2.1293

Sharon Lecocq, Stephan Keukeleire

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Regional Transformation as Reterritorialisation: Examining the Distorted Image of EU-ropeanisation 作为重新属地化的区域转型：考察欧盟联盟化扭曲的形象

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Journal of Contemporary European Research Pub Date : 2023-08-24 DOI: 10.30950/jcer.v19i2.1296

Tiffany G. Williams

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Disrupting and Re-imagining European Studies: towards a More Diverse and Inclusive Discipline 扰乱和重新想象欧洲研究:走向一个更加多样化和包容性的学科

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Journal of Contemporary European Research Pub Date : 2023-08-24 DOI: 10.30950/jcer.v19i2.1294

M. David, María García, T. Haastrup, F. Mattheis

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Moving from EU-centrisms: Lessons from the Polycrisis for EU studies and Global South Regionalism 摆脱欧盟中心主义:多元危机对欧盟研究和全球南方地区主义的启示

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Journal of Contemporary European Research Pub Date : 2023-08-24 DOI: 10.30950/jcer.v19i2.1297

Dina Sebastião, Burno Theodoro Luciano

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Decolonising EU Trade Relations with the Global Souths? 欧盟与全球南方的贸易关系非殖民化？

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Journal of Contemporary European Research Pub Date : 2023-08-24 DOI: 10.30950/jcer.v19i2.1295

Antonio Salvador M. Alcazar III, Camille Nessel, J. Orbie

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Preliminary Insights into the Formation of Minimal Winning Coalitions in Western Europe 西欧最小获胜联盟形成初探

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Journal of Contemporary European Research Pub Date : 2023-07-11 DOI: 10.30950/jcer.v19i1.1265

Marco Improta

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Research Handbook on the Politics of EU Law 欧盟法律政治研究手册

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Journal of Contemporary European Research Pub Date : 2023-07-06 DOI: 10.30950/jcer.v19i1.1279

Feyza Basar

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The relationships between Europarties and European political groups: changing formal and informal rules and the Spitzenkandidatur 欧洲政党与欧洲政治团体的关系：正式和非正式规则的变化与Spitzenkandidatur

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Journal of Contemporary European Research Pub Date : 2023-05-11 DOI: 10.30950/jcer.v19i1.1283

P. Ahrens, Cherry M. Miller

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