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What epithets conceal: A response to Oliver Belcher's 'Confessing Communism' 绰号隐藏了什么：对奥利弗·贝尔彻《忏悔共产主义》的回应

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Political Geography Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2025.103366

Daanish Mustafa, Martin Francisco Saps

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When “conflict free” minerals go to war 当“无冲突”矿物参战时

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Political Geography Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2025.103425

Kali Rubaii , Mohamed El-Shewy , Mark Griffiths

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Reclaim the Night: fight for people-centric security and belonging, collectivisation in the everyday public 夺回黑夜：争取以人为本的安全和归属感，在日常公共生活中实现集体化

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Political Geography Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2025.103433

Poushali Basak

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Confessing communism. A negative epistemology 承认共产主义。否定认识论

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Political Geography Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2025.103364

Sara Fregonese

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Runnymede's memorials and landscapes: Magna Carta and England's wider communities of belonging 兰尼米德的纪念碑和风景：大宪章和英格兰更广泛的归属社区

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Political Geography Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2025.103410

Tim Edensor , Ben Wellings

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Showerheads, coffee machines and the everyday political geographies of the green backlash 莲蓬头，咖啡机和日常的政治地理的绿色反弹

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Political Geography Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2025.103429

Ed Atkins

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Hijacking legality: Corruption and property creation in Brazil's frontiers 劫持合法性：巴西边境的腐败和财产创造

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Political Geography Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2025.103407

Joachim S. Stassart , Flávia Mendes de Almeida Collaço , Dário Cardoso Jr. , Renato Morgado

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Go-along research in the UK Parliament 英国议会的随波逐流研究

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Political Geography Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2025.103424

Alex Prior , Samuel Johnson-Schlee , Ryan Swift

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The visual conquering of the Portuguese sea 葡萄牙海上的视觉征服

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Political Geography Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2025.103411

Pedro Figueiredo Neto

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Topographies of the undesired: Tracing the camp from colonial confinement to digital control in the EU asylum regime 不受欢迎的地形：追踪营地从殖民禁闭到欧盟庇护制度的数字控制

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Political Geography Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2025.103421

Giuseppe Platania

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