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Social science research: An analysis of BRICS countries 社会科学研究:金砖国家分析

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Social Science Information Sur Les Sciences Sociales Pub Date : 2023-11-07 DOI: 10.1177/05390184231208315

Bakthavachalam Elango

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Trust and distrust in science: Embedding the interplay among scientists, mass media and public in Italy during the SARS-Cov-2 outbreak 对科学的信任与不信任:在新冠肺炎疫情期间，意大利科学家、大众媒体和公众之间的相互作用

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Social Science Information Sur Les Sciences Sociales Pub Date : 2023-11-07 DOI: 10.1177/05390184231208634

Giampietro Gobo, Enrico Campo, Luca Serafini

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The boundary contest that never was: Shadow banking and the relation between monetary system and financial system 从未有过的边界之争:影子银行与货币体系与金融体系的关系

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Social Science Information Sur Les Sciences Sociales Pub Date : 2023-10-31 DOI: 10.1177/05390184231203885

Barbara Kuchler

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What is neoliberalism really? A global analysis of its real-world consequences for development, inequality, and democracy 新自由主义到底是什么?全球分析其对发展、不平等和民主的现实后果

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Social Science Information Sur Les Sciences Sociales Pub Date : 2023-10-25 DOI: 10.1177/05390184231202950

Tibor Rutar

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The place of Russia’s political regime (2003–2023) on a conceptual map of the world’s autocracies 俄罗斯政权(2003-2023)在世界独裁政体概念地图上的位置

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Social Science Information Sur Les Sciences Sociales Pub Date : 2023-10-24 DOI: 10.1177/05390184231207597

Grigorii V. Golosov

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Capitalism, autocracy, distrust: Elements of a diagnosis of the present 资本主义、专制、不信任:对当下的诊断要素

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Social Science Information Sur Les Sciences Sociales Pub Date : 2023-10-24 DOI: 10.1177/05390184231209098

Peter Wagner

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What is capitalism? Toward a working definition 什么是资本主义?走向工作定义

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Social Science Information Sur Les Sciences Sociales Pub Date : 2023-10-18 DOI: 10.1177/05390184231203878

Neal Harris, Gerard Delanty

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Do conspiracy theories circulating in the media or their debunking affect people’s trust in the media? 媒体上流传的阴谋论或揭穿阴谋论会影响人们对媒体的信任吗?

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Social Science Information Sur Les Sciences Sociales Pub Date : 2023-10-12 DOI: 10.1177/05390184231205174

Nicoleta Corbu, Alina Bârgăoanu, Georgiana Udrea, Mihai Gavrilescu

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Infrastructure and the environment in anthropology 人类学中的基础设施与环境

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Social Science Information Sur Les Sciences Sociales Pub Date : 2023-08-02 DOI: 10.1177/05390184231189126

A. Rippa

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Le comportement préventif des Marocains durant la crise pandémique de Covid-19: à la maison, au marché et au travail 摩洛哥人在Covid-19大流行危机期间的预防行为:在家、在市场和在工作中

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Social Science Information Sur Les Sciences Sociales Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1177/05390184231186034

Kaoutar Beggar, Adil Ghazali

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