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Constructing a governmental vision of happiness: Insights from Greece 构建政府的幸福观：希腊的启示

IF 2.7 2区社会学

Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space Pub Date : 2024-09-07 DOI: 10.1177/23996544241282525

Philipp Katsinas, Dimitris Soudias

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Enacting the border multiple in the post-welfare state: Registration of foreign-born persons in Finland 在后福利国家实施边境多重管理：芬兰外国出生者的登记

IF 2.7 2区社会学

Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space Pub Date : 2024-09-07 DOI: 10.1177/23996544241282655

Anitta Kynsilehto, Marja Alastalo

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More than deliberation is needed: Potential for agonistic moments in community wind energy planning 需要的不仅仅是审议：社区风能规划中激动人心时刻的潜力

IF 2.7 2区社会学

Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space Pub Date : 2024-09-01 DOI: 10.1177/23996544241278855

Stefanie Müller, Matthias Buchecker

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The moral and strategic clarity of supporting Ukraine’s self-defense: Why accepting Russian colonialism should remain a taboo 支持乌克兰自卫的道德和战略清晰度：为什么接受俄罗斯殖民主义仍是禁忌？

IF 2.7 2区社会学

Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space Pub Date : 2024-08-30 DOI: 10.1177/23996544241277319

Kseniya Oksamytna

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Honoring pasts, escaping presents, and dwelling in futures: The Palestine land society village reconstruction competition 纪念过去，逃避现在，憧憬未来：巴勒斯坦土地协会村庄重建竞赛

IF 2.7 2区社会学

Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space Pub Date : 2024-08-30 DOI: 10.1177/23996544241275791

Nour Joudah

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The territorial taboo: Explaining the public aversion to negotiations in the Ukraine war support coalition 领土禁忌：解释乌克兰战争支持联盟中公众对谈判的厌恶情绪

IF 2.7 2区社会学

Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space Pub Date : 2024-08-30 DOI: 10.1177/23996544241268335

Gearóid Ó Tuathail

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Debating the war in Ukraine: In defense of the conventional wisdom 辩论乌克兰战争：捍卫传统智慧

IF 2.7 2区社会学

Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space Pub Date : 2024-08-22 DOI: 10.1177/23996544241276294

Michael Kimmage

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Geographical storylines and the Russian invasion of Ukraine: Narrative power and narrative taboos, a (difficult) conversation 地理故事情节与俄罗斯入侵乌克兰：叙事权力与叙事禁忌，一场（艰难的）对话

IF 2.7 2区社会学

Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space Pub Date : 2024-08-17 DOI: 10.1177/23996544241276325

Luiza Bialasiewicz

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How wars don’t end: A response to Gerard Toal’s analysis of ceasefire negotiations in Ukraine 战争不会结束：回应杰拉德-托尔对乌克兰停火谈判的分析

IF 2.7 2区社会学

Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space Pub Date : 2024-08-17 DOI: 10.1177/23996544241276298

Veronica Anghel

{"title":"How wars don’t end: A response to Gerard Toal’s analysis of ceasefire negotiations in Ukraine","authors":"Veronica Anghel","doi":"10.1177/23996544241276298","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/23996544241276298","url":null,"abstract":"Gerard Toal’s analysis of Ukraine and its allies’ hesitation to accept Russia’s peace terms, presented in ‘The Territorial Taboo: Explaining the Public Aversion to Negotiations in the Ukraine War Support Coalition’, attributes this reluctance to ‘commitment problems’ and ‘biases’. However, this explanation oversimplifies the issue. Achieving a stable post-agreement order necessitates Western resolve to provide security guarantees for Ukraine and a cohesive strategy regarding Russia’s role in the new global order. Toal’s suggestion of transferring occupied territories to end the war would enable Russia to further its goal of undermining Ukrainian sovereignty and bolster Putin’s dictatorship. This outcome contradicts NATO’s Strategic Concept, prolongs Ukrainian suffering, and perpetuates European security uncertainty. Furthermore, it would require a post-war narrative in which Ukrainians accept defeat and abandon their European aspirations. The resistance to Russia’s proposed settlement stems not from narrative taboos, but from a rational demand for a better resolution where unprovoked aggressors who want to upend international law through pre-modern lawlessness do not win the day.","PeriodicalId":48108,"journal":{"name":"Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142182247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Megaprojects: Beyond the managerial and activist traps 大型项目：超越管理和活动陷阱

IF 2.7 2区社会学

Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space Pub Date : 2024-08-16 DOI: 10.1177/23996544241274065

Ander Audikana, Paolo Beria, Javier Arellano

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