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Critical Theory and Climate Change: Collective Subjectivity, Evolution and Modernity 批判理论与气候变化:集体主体性、演化与现代性

International Journal of Politics Culture and Society Pub Date : 2023-11-06 DOI: 10.1007/s10767-023-09462-1

José Maurício Domingues

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Prisons of Poverty and Politics: How Russian Human Rights Workers Embed Themselves in Middle Class Social Movements 贫穷与政治的监狱:俄罗斯人权工作者如何融入中产阶级社会运动

International Journal of Politics Culture and Society Pub Date : 2023-09-29 DOI: 10.1007/s10767-023-09460-3

Olga Zeveleva

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Masculinity, Citizenship, and Demography: the Rise of Populism 男子气概、公民身份和人口学：民粹主义的兴起

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International Journal of Politics Culture and Society Pub Date : 2023-08-29 DOI: 10.1007/s10767-023-09459-w

B. Turner

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Culture of Meritocracy, Political Hegemony, and Singapore’s Development 精英文化、政治霸权与新加坡的发展

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International Journal of Politics Culture and Society Pub Date : 2023-08-16 DOI: 10.1007/s10767-023-09458-x

Bryan Cheang, D. Choy

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Authorial Power, Authoritarianism, and Exiled Intellectuals: Syria and Turkey 威权、威权主义与流亡知识分子：叙利亚与土耳其

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International Journal of Politics Culture and Society Pub Date : 2023-07-06 DOI: 10.1007/s10767-023-09455-0

Z. Al Azmeh, J. Dillabough

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Urban Transformation and Experiences of ‘Becoming Marginal’ in Russia 俄罗斯城市转型与“边缘化”经验

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International Journal of Politics Culture and Society Pub Date : 2023-07-05 DOI: 10.1007/s10767-023-09457-y

Kirsti Stuvøy

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Alternative Epistemology in Far-Right Anti-Publics: A Qualitative Study of Australian Activists 极右翼反公众中的另类认识论——对澳大利亚活动家的定性研究

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International Journal of Politics Culture and Society Pub Date : 2023-07-04 DOI: 10.1007/s10767-023-09456-z

M. Peucker, R. Spaaij

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The Hall-Colley Debate: a Stop on the Road to the 1619 Project 霍尔-科利辩论：通往1619计划的道路上的一站

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International Journal of Politics Culture and Society Pub Date : 2023-06-15 DOI: 10.1007/s10767-023-09453-2

J. Welsh

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Conspiracy Narratives as a Type of Social Myth. 阴谋叙事是一种社会神话。

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International Journal of Politics Culture and Society Pub Date : 2023-06-10 DOI: 10.1007/s10767-023-09454-1

Radek Chlup

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Struggles Against Mining in Brazil: Framing Disputes and Tensions in Civil Society. 巴西反对采矿的斗争：界定民间社会的争端和紧张局势。

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International Journal of Politics Culture and Society Pub Date : 2023-05-04 DOI: 10.1007/s10767-023-09451-4

Filipe M Motta

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