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The Impact of Digital Technologies on the Transnational Aging Experience of Older Hong Kongers 数码科技对香港长者跨国养老体验的影响

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Global Networks-A Journal of Transnational Affairs Pub Date : 2024-11-22 DOI: 10.1111/glob.12519

Lucille Lok Sun Ngan

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The Welfare System in the Face of War Refugees From Ukraine: The Experience of Social Workers in Poland 面对乌克兰战争难民的福利制度：波兰社会工作者的经验

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Global Networks-A Journal of Transnational Affairs Pub Date : 2024-11-15 DOI: 10.1111/glob.12517

Ryszard Necel

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Changed Reality, Changed Positions: The Case Study of Eritrean Women Refugees in Times of Global Pandemic 改变现实，改变立场：全球大流行时期厄立特里亚女性难民的案例研究

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Global Networks-A Journal of Transnational Affairs Pub Date : 2024-11-15 DOI: 10.1111/glob.12518

Tamar Arev

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Sensory Dislocation and Transnational Ties: Exploring the Forced Immobility of Older Russian Speakers in Finland Amidst COVID-19 Restrictions 感官错位与跨国联系：探索芬兰老年俄语使用者在 COVID-19 限制下的被迫非流动性

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Global Networks-A Journal of Transnational Affairs Pub Date : 2024-11-12 DOI: 10.1111/glob.12516

Laura Kemppainen

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Promoting Good Governance Through Transnational Projects: A Study of Swedish Funding in Russia 1991–2005 通过跨国项目促进善治：1991-2005 年瑞典在俄罗斯的资助研究

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Global Networks-A Journal of Transnational Affairs Pub Date : 2024-11-12 DOI: 10.1111/glob.12515

Zhanna Kravchenko, Noomi Weinryb

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Where Did the Global Elite Go to School? Hierarchy, Harvard, Home and Hegemony 全球精英在哪里上学？等级制度、哈佛、家庭与霸权

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Global Networks-A Journal of Transnational Affairs Pub Date : 2024-10-14 DOI: 10.1111/glob.12509

Ricardo Salas-Díaz, Kevin L. Young

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A Life's Work? Unpacking the Existential Meaning of Educational Mobilities for Migrant Families 一生的工作？解读移民家庭教育流动的存在意义

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Global Networks-A Journal of Transnational Affairs Pub Date : 2024-09-30 DOI: 10.1111/glob.12513

Johanna L. Waters

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Motivations and Views on State Support for Refugees: Distinguishing Between Politically and Socially Engaged 国家支持难民的动机和观点：区分政治参与和社会参与

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Global Networks-A Journal of Transnational Affairs Pub Date : 2024-09-28 DOI: 10.1111/glob.12514

Sifka Etlar Frederiksen, Liam Haller, Theresa Uhr

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Childhood, Migration and the Pursuit of Happiness in MIDDLE-CLASS EAST ASIA 东亚中产阶级的童年、移民和幸福追求

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Global Networks-A Journal of Transnational Affairs Pub Date : 2024-09-27 DOI: 10.1111/glob.12511

Fanni Beck, Pál Nyíri, Sofia Gaspar

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Navigating Stepwise Lifestyle Mobilities via the Global South: Japanese Migrant Families’ Negotiation of Educational and Lifestyle Aspirations in Malaysia 通过全球南部的阶梯式生活方式流动：日本移民家庭在马来西亚对教育和生活方式愿望的协商

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Global Networks-A Journal of Transnational Affairs Pub Date : 2024-09-25 DOI: 10.1111/glob.12510

Hiroki Igarashi

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