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Imagining Peace Outside of Liberal Statebuilding: Anarchist Theory as Pathway to Emancipatory Peacefacilitation 想象自由主义国家建设之外的和平:无政府主义理论作为解放性和平促进的途径

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Alternatives Pub Date : 2022-02-01 DOI: 10.1177/03043754221074618

J. Rusche

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引用次数: 6

Questioning the quest for Pluralism: How Decolonial is Non-Western IR? 质疑对多元主义的追求:非西方国际关系如何去殖民化?

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Alternatives Pub Date : 2022-01-12 DOI: 10.1177/03043754211064545

Erick Viramontes

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引用次数: 2

Book Review: Kein Frieden für Palästina: Der lange Krieg gegen Gaza, Besatzung und Widerstand [No Peace for Palestine: The Long War Against Gaza, Occupation and Resistance] 书评：《巴勒斯坦没有和平：对抗加沙、占领和抵抗的漫长战争》【巴勒斯坦没有和平，对抗加沙、占据和抵抗的长期战争】

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Alternatives Pub Date : 2021-11-01 DOI: 10.1177/03043754211064540

Fadi Zatari

引用次数: 0

A Feminist Reading of Turkish Foreign Policy and the S-400 Crisis 土耳其外交政策与S-400危机的女性主义解读

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Alternatives Pub Date : 2021-10-31 DOI: 10.1177/03043754211048994

C. Akça Ataç

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引用次数: 0

Peaceful Use of Lasers in Space: Context-Based Legitimacy in Global Governance of Large Technical Systems 和平利用空间激光:大型技术系统全球治理中基于背景的合法性

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Alternatives Pub Date : 2021-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/03043754211039624

P. Boháček, P. Dufek, Nikola Schmidt

引用次数: 2

Sport, Politics, and Society in the Middle East, Edited by Danyel Reiche and Tamir Sorek, London, Hurst & Company, 2019, Xiv + 284pp., £25 (Paperback), ISBN: 978-1-78738-152-0 《中东的体育、政治和社会》，丹尼尔·赖希和塔米尔·索雷克主编，伦敦，赫斯特公司，2019年，第14期，第284页。， 25英镑(平装)，ISBN: 978-1-78738-152-0

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Alternatives Pub Date : 2021-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/03043754211039584

Feray Kucukbas Duman

引用次数: 0

The Climate Crisis, Renewable Energy, and the Changing Landscape of Global Energy Politics 气候危机、可再生能源和全球能源政治格局的变化

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Alternatives Pub Date : 2021-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/03043754211040698

Michael J. Albert

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引用次数: 5

Ontological (In)visibility and Cyber Conflict: The Problem of Sight and Vision in Establishing Threat 本体论可见性与网络冲突：建立威胁的视觉问题

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Alternatives Pub Date : 2021-05-01 DOI: 10.1177/03043754211024583

Jonathon Whooley

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引用次数: 1

Palestinian Poet-Singers: Celebration Under Israel’s Military Rule 1948–1966 巴勒斯坦诗人-歌手:1948-1966年以色列军事统治下的庆典

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Alternatives Pub Date : 2021-05-01 DOI: 10.1177/03043754211028368

Marwan Darweish, C. Robertson

引用次数: 1

The Women, Peace and Security Agenda: Reflections on the Effectiveness and Relevance of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 妇女、和平与安全议程:对联合国安理会第1325号决议有效性和相关性的思考

IF 1.3 3区社会学

Alternatives Pub Date : 2021-05-01 DOI: 10.1177/03043754211036634

Kerry Longhurst

引用次数: 1