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Afterword of ‘Financial frontiers': towards conceptualizing finance that engages both power and contingency 《金融前沿》后记:对权力与偶然性兼备的金融进行概念化

IF 1.9 3区社会学

Journal of Cultural Economy Pub Date : 2023-05-04 DOI: 10.1080/17530350.2023.2202678

Karen Ho

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Slavery and incarceration in the frontier: the origin of convict leasing 边疆的奴隶制和监禁:罪犯租赁的起源

IF 1.9 3区社会学

Journal of Cultural Economy Pub Date : 2023-05-04 DOI: 10.1080/17530350.2023.2216214

M. Ralph

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Relational finance: Ottoman debt, financialization, and the problem of the semi-civilized 关系金融:奥斯曼债务、金融化和半文明问题

IF 1.9 3区社会学

Journal of Cultural Economy Pub Date : 2023-05-04 DOI: 10.1080/17530350.2023.2189146

Julia Elyachar

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Pan African capital? Banks, currencies, and imperial power 泛非资本?银行、货币和皇权

IF 1.9 3区社会学

Journal of Cultural Economy Pub Date : 2023-05-04 DOI: 10.1080/17530350.2023.2177322

H. Appel

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Trusts at the financial frontier: the flickering forms of property, water, and governance 金融前沿的信托:财产、水和治理的闪烁形式

IF 1.9 3区社会学

Journal of Cultural Economy Pub Date : 2023-04-17 DOI: 10.1080/17530350.2023.2176344

Andrea Ballestero

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Contract as frontier device, or, the political publics of water infrastructures 合同作为边界装置，或者，水基础设施的政治公众

IF 1.9 3区社会学

Journal of Cultural Economy Pub Date : 2023-04-13 DOI: 10.1080/17530350.2023.2176342

A. Muehlebach

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Charitable assets: social outcomes, financial values, and the new, nonprofit funding regime 慈善资产:社会成果、财务价值和新的非营利资助机制

IF 1.9 3区社会学

Journal of Cultural Economy Pub Date : 2023-04-10 DOI: 10.1080/17530350.2023.2186918

James W. Williams

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Financial frontiers: borders, conversions, enclosures 金融前沿:边界、转换、封闭

IF 1.9 3区社会学

Journal of Cultural Economy Pub Date : 2023-03-24 DOI: 10.1080/17530350.2023.2176341

Horacio Ortiz

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引用次数: 2

Serious Money: Walking Plutocratic London 严肃的金钱:行走的伦敦富豪

IF 1.9 3区社会学

Journal of Cultural Economy Pub Date : 2023-03-22 DOI: 10.1080/17530350.2023.2191647

Luca Storti

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Brexit’s hidden network of power: Comment of “Alt-Finance” 英国脱欧背后隐藏的权力网络:“另类金融”评论

IF 1.9 3区社会学

Journal of Cultural Economy Pub Date : 2023-03-22 DOI: 10.1080/17530350.2023.2186923

Cecilia Rikap

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