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Presidential Electoral Cycles and Corruption Charges 总统选举周期和腐败指控

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Journal of East Asian Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.1017/jea.2022.9

Joe Amick, Mlada Bukovansky, Amy H. Liu

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引用次数: 1

Myanmar's 2020 Election: Explaining the Strong Performance of the NLD and Some Ethnic Parties 缅甸2020年大选:解释全国民主联盟和一些少数民族政党的强劲表现

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Journal of East Asian Studies Pub Date : 2022-05-30 DOI: 10.1017/jea.2022.10

Kailai Huang

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引用次数: 1

Framing as an Information Control Strategy in Times of Crisis 框架作为危机时期的信息控制策略

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Journal of East Asian Studies Pub Date : 2022-03-30 DOI: 10.1017/jea.2022.5

S. Xia, Huanghua Huang, Dong Zhang

引用次数: 3

Power Distribution and Distributive Politics in Local Developmental States: Evidence from China's Subnational Land Fiscalization 地方发展国家的权力分配与分配政治——来自中国次国家土地裂变的证据

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Journal of East Asian Studies Pub Date : 2022-03-11 DOI: 10.1017/jea.2022.4

Qi Zhang, L. Hou

引用次数: 1

JEA volume 22 issue 1 Cover and Back matter JEA第22卷第1期封面和封底

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Journal of East Asian Studies Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.1017/jea.2022.8

引用次数: 0

JEA volume 22 issue 1 Cover and Front matter JEA第22卷第1期封面和封面问题

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Journal of East Asian Studies Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.1017/jea.2022.7

引用次数: 0

Godzilla vs Pulgasari: Anti-Japanism and Anti-Communism as Dueling Antagonisms in South Korean Politics 哥斯拉vs普尔加萨里:韩国政治中的反日与反共对立

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Journal of East Asian Studies Pub Date : 2022-02-28 DOI: 10.1017/jea.2022.2

M. Shaw

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引用次数: 4

Fear and Loathing or Strategic Priming? Unveiling the Audience in Duterte's Crime Rhetoric 恐惧和厌恶还是战略启动?揭露杜特尔特犯罪修辞中的受众

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Journal of East Asian Studies Pub Date : 2022-02-22 DOI: 10.1017/jea.2022.1

R. A. Panao, Ronald A. Pernia

引用次数: 5

Welfare for Autocrats: How Social Assistance in China Cares for its Rulers By Jennifer Pan. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020. 288 pp., £64 (cloth) £19.99 (paper). 《独裁者的福利：中国社会救助如何照顾统治者》，潘著。纽约：牛津大学出版社，2020年。288页，64英镑（布）19.99英镑（纸）。

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Journal of East Asian Studies Pub Date : 2022-02-11 DOI: 10.1017/jea.2022.6

M. Cousins

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引用次数: 3

Overpromising Social Welfare Benefits? Electoral Competition and Welfare Politics in Taiwan 过度承诺社会福利?台湾选举竞争与福利政治

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Journal of East Asian Studies Pub Date : 2022-01-31 DOI: 10.1017/jea.2021.29

Jae-ryong Shim

引用次数: 2