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Towards “Emergent Federalism” in Post-coup Myanmar 缅甸政变后的“新兴联邦制”

IF 0.9 4区社会学

Contemporary Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2022-01-18 DOI: 10.1355/cs43-3a

A. South

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Did Urbanization or Ethnicity Matter More in Malaysia’s 14th General Election? 马来西亚第十四届全国大选，族群与城市化哪个更重要?

IF 0.9 4区社会学

Contemporary Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2022-01-18 DOI: 10.1355/cs43-3b

J. Ng, G. J. Rangel, Elsa Phung Yet Chin

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The Inchoate Legislative Scrutiny of the Myanmar Police Forces: A Study of the USDP Legislature (2011–16) 缅甸警察部队的早期立法审查:USDP立法机构研究(2011 - 2016)

IF 0.9 4区社会学

Contemporary Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2022-01-18 DOI: 10.1355/cs43-3d

R. Egreteau

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IF 0.9 4区社会学

Contemporary Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1355/cs44-2l

Sittithep Eaksittipong

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IF 0.9 4区社会学

Contemporary Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1355/cs44-2o

A. Tayeb

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