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Land Rush in Contemporary Paraguay: Agricultural Commodity Frontier, State and Illegality 当代巴拉圭的土地热潮：农产品边界、国家与非法性

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Development and Change Pub Date : 2026-07-11 Epub Date: 2026-06-15 DOI: 10.1111/dech.70072

Valdemar João Wesz Junior

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Digital Crime, Dirty Money and the State: Southeast Asia's Illicit Political Economy and the Rise of Cybercrime 数字犯罪，脏钱和国家：东南亚的非法政治经济和网络犯罪的兴起

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Development and Change Pub Date : 2026-07-11 Epub Date: 2026-05-25 DOI: 10.1111/dech.70071

Neil Loughlin

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Green Developmentalism? The Political Economy of Hydropower in India in the 21st Century 绿色Developmentalism ?21世纪印度水电的政治经济

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Development and Change Pub Date : 2026-07-11 Epub Date: 2026-05-12 DOI: 10.1111/dech.70065

Vasudha Chhotray, Harsh Vasani

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Rentierism and Class Differentiation in an Informal Johannesburg Settlement 约翰内斯堡非正式聚落中的食利制与阶级分化

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Development and Change Pub Date : 2026-07-11 Epub Date: 2026-03-13 DOI: 10.1111/dech.70055

Hannah J. Dawson

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Self-help and Volunteerism in Tanzania in the 1960s: Voluntary Labour, Nation Building and Constructing Modernity 20世纪60年代坦桑尼亚的自助与志愿服务：志愿劳动、国家建设与现代性建设

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Development and Change Pub Date : 2026-07-11 Epub Date: 2026-04-25 DOI: 10.1111/dech.70064

Michael Jennings

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Developmental or Liberal? How Japan and South Korea Diffuse Hybrid Financial Market Norms 发展主义还是自由主义？日本和韩国如何扩散混合金融市场规范

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Development and Change Pub Date : 2026-07-11 Epub Date: 2026-05-18 DOI: 10.1111/dech.70068

Yaechan Lee, Saori N. Katada

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Developmental States in a Hobbesian World 霍布斯世界中的发展国家

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Development and Change Pub Date : 2026-07-11 Epub Date: 2026-06-15 DOI: 10.1111/dech.70073

Meredith Jung-En Woo

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Bureaucracy as Assemblage: Civil Service Reform, Administrative Legacies and the Politics of Informalization in the Democratic Republic of Congo 官僚体制的集合：刚果民主共和国的公务员制度改革、行政遗产和信息化政治

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Development and Change Pub Date : 2026-07-11 Epub Date: 2026-05-18 DOI: 10.1111/dech.70069

Stylianos Moshonas, Tom De Herdt, Kristof Titeca

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‘Escaping Isn't for Everyone’: Kurdish Smugglers’ Navigational Tactics at Checkpoints in Iran “逃离并不适合每个人”：库尔德走私者在伊朗检查站的导航策略

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Development and Change Pub Date : 2026-06-04 Epub Date: 2026-04-01 DOI: 10.1111/dech.70060

Peyman Zinati

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The Politics of Passage: Studying Checkpoints and Claim Making in Conflict-affected Settings 通道的政治：在受冲突影响的环境中研究检查点和索赔

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Development and Change Pub Date : 2026-06-04 Epub Date: 2026-05-06 DOI: 10.1111/dech.70067

Peer Schouten, Vanessa van den Boogaard, Max Gallien, Shalaka Thakur, Florian Weigand

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