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IF 1.4 3区社会学

Contemporary South Asia Pub Date : 2023-08-29 DOI: 10.1080/09584935.2023.2240636

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Role of anti-/pro-public sector bias in shaping perceived performance and fairness: an experimental exploration in South Asia 反/亲公共部门偏见在塑造感知绩效和公平性方面的作用:南亚的实验性探索

IF 1.4 3区社会学

Contemporary South Asia Pub Date : 2023-08-15 DOI: 10.1080/09584935.2023.2245349

Hasan Muhammad Baniamin, Ishtiaq Jamil

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Playing it the nation’s way: tradition, cosmopolitanism, and the native-masculine of Hindi sports films 按照国家的方式播放：传统、世界主义和印地语体育电影中的本土男性

IF 1.4 3区社会学

Contemporary South Asia Pub Date : 2023-08-09 DOI: 10.1080/09584935.2023.2245345

Pooja Radhakrishnan, Dibyakusum Ray

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Afterword: questions for the study of Muslim castes and anti-caste Islam 后记：穆斯林种姓和反种姓伊斯兰教研究的问题

IF 1.4 3区社会学

Contemporary South Asia Pub Date : 2023-07-26 DOI: 10.1080/09584935.2023.2240714

Joel Lee

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Networks, space and belonging: the Marwaris in Manipur 网络、空间和归属:曼尼普尔的马尔瓦尔人

IF 1.4 3区社会学

Contemporary South Asia Pub Date : 2023-07-20 DOI: 10.1080/09584935.2023.2235567

S. Haokip

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Making the right choice: narratives of marriage in Sri Lanka 做出正确的选择：斯里兰卡的婚姻叙事

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Contemporary South Asia Pub Date : 2023-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/09584935.2023.2240619

N. Pattanaik

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Asserting caste? Bhishti sanitation workers and Muslim caste associations in Jaipur 维护种姓吗?斋浦尔的比希提环卫工人和穆斯林种姓协会

IF 1.4 3区社会学

Contemporary South Asia Pub Date : 2023-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/09584935.2023.2238262

G. Rathore

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Markets, capitalism and urban space in India: right to sell 印度的市场、资本主义和城市空间:销售权

IF 1.4 3区社会学

Contemporary South Asia Pub Date : 2023-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/09584935.2023.2240621

Shahid Mohammad Lone

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Caste politics, minority representation, and social mobility: the associational life of Muslim caste in India 种姓政治、少数民族代表和社会流动:印度穆斯林种姓的社团生活

IF 1.4 3区社会学

Contemporary South Asia Pub Date : 2023-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/09584935.2023.2240258

J. Levesque, Soheb Niazi

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The political life of Muslim caste: articulations and frictions within a Pasmanda identity 穆斯林种姓的政治生活:Pasmanda身份中的表达和摩擦

IF 1.4 3区社会学

Contemporary South Asia Pub Date : 2023-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/09584935.2023.2237417

Shireen Azam

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