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Political elites and the democratic duty to trust the people 政治精英与信任人民的民主责任

IF 1.2 3区社会学

Acta Politica Pub Date : 2024-01-10 DOI: 10.1057/s41269-023-00323-5

Roberto Frega

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Social media and affective polarization: does Facebook news use fuel political in- and out-group affect in a multi-party context? 社交媒体与情感极化：在多党派背景下，Facebook 新闻的使用是否会助长政治内、外群体情感？

IF 1.2 3区社会学

Acta Politica Pub Date : 2024-01-10 DOI: 10.1057/s41269-023-00324-4

Patrick F. A. van Erkel, Peter van Aelst

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Beyond right and wrong: on the conditionality of dirty hands 超越是非：论脏手的条件性

IF 1.2 3区社会学

Acta Politica Pub Date : 2024-01-03 DOI: 10.1057/s41269-023-00320-8

Anthoula Malkopoulou, Siddhartha Kumar Dhar

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Political orientations and personal values among university lecturers in Europe 欧洲大学讲师的政治取向和个人价值观

IF 1.2 3区社会学

Acta Politica Pub Date : 2023-12-12 DOI: 10.1057/s41269-023-00318-2

Ian McAllister

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Direct democracy and equality: context is the key 直接民主和平等:语境是关键

3区社会学

Acta Politica Pub Date : 2023-10-31 DOI: 10.1057/s41269-023-00316-4

Brigitte Geißel, Anna Krämling, Lars Paulus

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Pressure on people and people on streets: social pressures to vote in Tunisia’s new democracy 对民众和街头民众的压力:突尼斯新民主主义投票的社会压力

3区社会学

Acta Politica Pub Date : 2023-10-31 DOI: 10.1057/s41269-023-00315-5

Kirstie Lynn Dobbs

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Blame it on my youth: the origins of attitudes towards immigration 要怪就怪我的年轻:对移民态度的根源

3区社会学

Acta Politica Pub Date : 2023-10-28 DOI: 10.1057/s41269-023-00314-6

Anne-Marie Jeannet, Lenka Dražanová

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Why a Euromaidan movement party never emerged: a field theory approach 为什么欧盟独立运动党从未出现:场域理论方法

3区社会学

Acta Politica Pub Date : 2023-10-21 DOI: 10.1057/s41269-023-00317-3

Olga Zelinska, Yevhen Revtiuk

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What drives the propensity to vote for ethnic-minority-interest parties? 是什么驱使人们倾向于投票给少数民族利益政党?

3区社会学

Acta Politica Pub Date : 2023-10-13 DOI: 10.1057/s41269-023-00309-3

Marcel Lubbers, Simon Otjes, Niels Spierings

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Using go-it-alone power to overcome intergovernmental deadlock: national vetoes, credible threats, and multi-speed Europe in the British budgetary rebate crisis 在英国预算回扣危机中，运用独立力量克服政府间僵局:国家否决权、可信的威胁和多速欧洲

3区社会学

Acta Politica Pub Date : 2023-09-26 DOI: 10.1057/s41269-023-00313-7

Lucas Schramm

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