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Environmental Movements and Politics of the Asian Anthropocene. 亚洲人类世的环境运动与政治。

IF 2.2 2区社会学

Journal of Contemporary Asia Pub Date : 2022-05-23 DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2022.2072092

K. Hewison

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Political Impotence of the Neo-Liberal Ideologues: The Continuing Primacy of Customary Land Tenure in Papua New Guinea 新自由主义理论家的政治无能:巴布亚新几内亚传统土地保有权的持续首要地位

IF 2.2 2区社会学

Journal of Contemporary Asia Pub Date : 2022-05-13 DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2022.2064328

S. Macwilliam

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Brokered Rule: Militias, Drugs, and Borderland Governance in the Myanmar-China Borderlands 中介统治:缅甸-中国边境地区的民兵、毒品和边境治理

IF 2.2 2区社会学

Journal of Contemporary Asia Pub Date : 2022-05-13 DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2022.2064327

P. Meehan, Seng Lawn Dan

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引用次数: 4

Environmentalisms in Twenty-First Century Thailand: Continuities, Discontinuities, and Emerging Trajectories 21世纪泰国的环境保护主义:连续性、不连续性和新兴轨迹

IF 2.2 2区社会学

Journal of Contemporary Asia Pub Date : 2022-05-10 DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2022.2051062

Eli Elinoff, Vanessa Lamb

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引用次数: 5

A Stage in Rio De Janeiro? Ho Chi Minh’s Maritime Journeying and Latin America Networks 里约热内卢的舞台？胡志明的海上之旅与拉丁美洲网络

IF 2.2 2区社会学

Journal of Contemporary Asia Pub Date : 2022-04-29 DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2022.2050934

Geoffrey C. Gunn

引用次数: 1

Buddhist Nationalist Sermons in Myanmar: Anti-Muslim Moral Panic, Conspiracy Theories, and Socio-Cultural Legacies 缅甸佛教民族主义布道:反穆斯林道德恐慌、阴谋论和社会文化遗产

IF 2.2 2区社会学

Journal of Contemporary Asia Pub Date : 2022-04-29 DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2022.2032801

Niklas Foxeus

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引用次数: 7

Capital Accumulation in the “Lucky Country”: Australia from the “Sheep’s Back” to the “Quarry Economy.” Part I: The Colonial Period “幸运之国”的资本积累:澳大利亚从“羊背经济”到“采石场经济”。第一部分:殖民时期

IF 2.2 2区社会学

Journal of Contemporary Asia Pub Date : 2022-04-26 DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2022.2032800

N. Grinberg

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引用次数: 2

Democracy and Nationalism in Southeast Asia: From Secessionist Mobilization to Conflict Resolution 东南亚的民主与民族主义：从分离主义动员到冲突解决

IF 2.2 2区社会学

Journal of Contemporary Asia Pub Date : 2022-04-26 DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2022.2058592

Meghna Kajla

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Buddhist Majoritarian Nationalism in Thailand: Ideological Contestation, Narratives, and Activism 泰国佛教主体主义民族主义：意识形态的争论、叙事与激进主义

IF 2.2 2区社会学

Journal of Contemporary Asia Pub Date : 2022-04-25 DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2022.2036360

Janjira Sombatpoonsiri

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Unsettled Frontiers: Market Formation in the Cambodia-Vietnam Borderlands 未解决的边界:柬越边境地区的市场形成

IF 2.2 2区社会学

Journal of Contemporary Asia Pub Date : 2022-04-21 DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2022.2058593

Minh Chau Lam

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