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Correction to: International, Political, Sociology Revisited 更正：国际、政治、社会学重访

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International Political Sociology Pub Date : 2026-09-16 DOI: 10.1093/ips/olag041

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Peace by Other Means? Ruptures and Neoliberal Continuities in Duque’s Colombia (2018–2022) 通过其他方式实现和平？杜克大学哥伦比亚的断裂和新自由主义的连续性（2018-2022）

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International Political Sociology Pub Date : 2026-07-27 DOI: 10.1093/ips/olag033

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Infrastructural Perspectives on Global Ordering: A Research Agenda on the Infrastructure-Orders-Nexus 全球秩序下的基础设施视角：基础设施-秩序-关系研究议程

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International Political Sociology Pub Date : 2026-07-26 DOI: 10.1093/ips/olag032

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Policing Souls, Redeeming Nations: Evangelical Activism and the Far-Right Counterpolitics of Emotions in the Brazilian Police 治安灵魂，救赎国家：福音派激进主义和巴西警察中情绪的极右翼反政治

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International Political Sociology Pub Date : 2026-07-09 DOI: 10.1093/ips/olag038

Rodrigo D E Campos,Nicolai Gellwitzki

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Pragmatist Resilience: Fallibilism, Experimentation, and Diversity 实用主义者的弹性：易错性、实验性和多样性

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International Political Sociology Pub Date : 2026-07-09 DOI: 10.1093/ips/olag040

Peter Finkenbusch

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The Geopolitics of Children’s Sexuality: Reframing Rights and Contesting Moral Sovereignty in Europe 儿童性取向的地缘政治：欧洲的权利重构与道德主权之争

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International Political Sociology Pub Date : 2026-07-09 DOI: 10.1093/ips/olag042

Víctor Hugo Ramírez García

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The Organic Cosmos: Cybernetics and Politics of Relations Between Arendt and Latour 有机宇宙：阿伦特与拉图尔关系的控制论与政治学

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International Political Sociology Pub Date : 2026-07-09 DOI: 10.1093/ips/olag031

Toni Čerkez

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Introducing IPS@20: Reflections, Critiques, and the Futures of International Political Sociology 介绍IPS@20：国际政治社会学的反思、批判和未来

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International Political Sociology Pub Date : 2026-07-09 DOI: 10.1093/ips/olag034

Jessica Auchter,Kyle Grayson,Victor Coutinho Lage,Nora El Qadim,Aida Hozić

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When Can We Know Practices? Rules, Logics, and Epistemologies of Practice in IR 我们什么时候可以知道实践？国际关系实践的规则、逻辑和认识论

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International Political Sociology Pub Date : 2026-07-09 DOI: 10.1093/ips/olag036

August Danielson

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Preserving or Extending the “Local’s Point of View”? Situated Knowledge, Social Inquiry, and the “Problem of Agency” 保留或扩展“本地观点”？情境知识、社会探究与“代理问题”

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International Political Sociology Pub Date : 2026-07-09 DOI: 10.1093/ips/olag039

Timo Walter

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