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Governing through Repression: The Spatial Logics of State Power in Turkey (1923–2019) 通过镇压来治理：土耳其国家权力的空间逻辑（1923-2019）

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International Political Sociology Pub Date : 2026-07-09 DOI: 10.1093/ips/olag035

Burcu Türkoğlu

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Laughing at the Hegemon: How RT Broadcasts Ridiculed the West in the Run-Up to the Invasion of Ukraine 嘲笑霸权：在入侵乌克兰之前，RT广播是如何嘲笑西方的

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International Political Sociology Pub Date : 2026-07-09 DOI: 10.1093/ips/olag028

Dinara Urazova

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Netflix and Kill: The Influence of Popular Culture on Anti-Technology Insurrectionary Anarchism 奈飞与杀戮：流行文化对反科技反叛无政府主义的影响

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International Political Sociology Pub Date : 2026-07-09 DOI: 10.1093/ips/olag043

Mauro Lubrano,Aristidis V Agoglossakis Foley

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International, Political, Sociology Revisited 国际，政治，社会学重访

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International Political Sociology Pub Date : 2026-04-15 DOI: 10.1093/ips/olag013

R B J Walker,Didier Bigo

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Decoloniality of Power: Unpacking Local Agency in Ghana’s COVID-19 Response 权力的非殖民化：加纳应对COVID-19的地方机构

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International Political Sociology Pub Date : 2025-11-25 DOI: 10.1093/ips/olaf045

James McKeown

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Female Fighters and Male Vulnerabilities. Gendered Depictions in Ukraine’s Visual Narrative of the Russia-Ukraine War 女性战士和男性弱点。乌克兰对俄乌战争视觉叙事中的性别描写

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International Political Sociology Pub Date : 2025-09-19 DOI: 10.1093/ips/olaf031

Elena Dück, Georg Tiroch

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Radical Imagination and Vernacular Security: Creating Spaces for Alternative Security Futures 激进想象与乡土安全：为另类安全未来创造空间

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International Political Sociology Pub Date : 2025-09-19 DOI: 10.1093/ips/olaf033

Nina Perkowski

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Everyday Soldiering, Emotions, and the Iraq War: A Visual International Relations Analysis 日常士兵，情感和伊拉克战争：视觉国际关系分析

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International Political Sociology Pub Date : 2025-09-02 DOI: 10.1093/ips/olaf030

Matthias Humer

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Treason and Political Community:Exclusion, Belonging, and Loyalty 叛国罪与政治共同体：排斥、归属与忠诚

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International Political Sociology Pub Date : 2025-08-20 DOI: 10.1093/ips/olaf025

Benjamin de Carvalho

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The Politics of Trust: Emotions and Visual Narratives in Online Climate Change Debates at COP26 信任的政治：COP26在线气候变化辩论中的情感和视觉叙事

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International Political Sociology Pub Date : 2025-08-19 DOI: 10.1093/ips/olaf029

Nicole Doerr, María Florencia Langa

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