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Shifting Frames: Actors and Digital Networks in Colombia’s Anti-Gender Mobilization 转变框架：哥伦比亚反性别动员中的行动者和数字网络

IF 1.9 2区社会学

Latin American Politics and Society Pub Date : 2026-04-14 DOI: 10.1017/lap.2026.10052

Juliana Jaramillo, Daniela Correa Pinto, Sandra Botero

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Public Policies, Source Cues, and Stigma of Victims of Violence Against Women in Contexts of Impunity 公共政策、来源线索和有罪不罚背景下暴力侵害妇女行为受害者的耻辱

IF 1.9 2区社会学

Latin American Politics and Society Pub Date : 2026-03-27 DOI: 10.1017/lap.2026.10050

Helen Rabello Kras, Victoria Rabello Kras

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Framing Distributive Policies: Left and Right Approaches to Building Support 制定分配政策：建立支持的左右方法

IF 1.9 2区社会学

Latin American Politics and Society Pub Date : 2026-02-24 DOI: 10.1017/lap.2026.10048

Ayelén Vanegas

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“You have to hug, nothing is going to happen”: Partisan Retrospection, the COVID-19 Pandemic, and the Politics of Death in Mexico “你必须拥抱，什么都不会发生”：党派回顾，COVID-19大流行和墨西哥的死亡政治

IF 1.9 2区社会学

Latin American Politics and Society Pub Date : 2026-02-20 DOI: 10.1017/lap.2025.10044

Rodrigo Castro Cornejo

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Protecting Children from Poverty in Unequal Democracies: The Determinants of Public Opinion on Child Cash Transfers in Latin America 在不平等的民主国家保护儿童免于贫困：拉丁美洲儿童现金转移的公众舆论决定因素

IF 1.9 2区社会学

Latin American Politics and Society Pub Date : 2026-02-18 DOI: 10.1017/lap.2026.10046

Merike Blofield, Fabián A. Borges, Juliana Martínez Franzoni

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Partisan Messages and Support for Democratic Institutions: Evidence from Survey Experiments in Brazil, Chile, and Colombia 党派信息和对民主制度的支持：来自巴西、智利和哥伦比亚调查实验的证据

IF 1.9 2区社会学

Latin American Politics and Society Pub Date : 2026-02-16 DOI: 10.1017/lap.2026.10045

Flávia Batista da Silva, Carolina F T Batista, Ernesto Calvo

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“Trust in Government” in Hot Water: Obstacles to Effective Disaster Relief and Climate Adaptation Policy in Guatemala 热水中的“信任政府”：危地马拉有效救灾和气候适应政策的障碍

IF 1.9 2区社会学

Latin American Politics and Society Pub Date : 2026-02-10 DOI: 10.1017/lap.2025.10040

Todd Eisenstadt, Tofigh Maboudi, Ludovico Feoli, Felipe Antonio Girón Palacios, Moises Arce

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Causes and Consequences of Ideological Persistence: The Case of Chile 意识形态坚持的原因和后果：以智利为例

IF 1.9 2区社会学

Latin American Politics and Society Pub Date : 2025-12-29 DOI: 10.1017/lap.2025.10028

Pablo Argote, Giancarlo Visconti

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Beyond Rejection: Ideological Belonging in a Weak-Party System 超越拒绝：弱党制度中的意识形态归属

IF 1.9 2区社会学

Latin American Politics and Society Pub Date : 2025-12-29 DOI: 10.1017/lap.2025.10030

Pablo Argote, Giancarlo Visconti

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The Chilean (Anti-) Voter 智利（反）选民

IF 1.9 2区社会学

Latin American Politics and Society Pub Date : 2025-12-29 DOI: 10.1017/lap.2025.10032

Carlos Meléndez

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