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Finance interrupted: Social impact bonds, spatial politics, and the limits of financial innovation in the social sector 金融中断:社会影响债券、空间政治和社会部门金融创新的局限性

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Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space Pub Date : 2023-07-16 DOI: 10.1177/0308518x231187409

James W. Williams

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Urban governance in the age of austerity: Crises of neoliberal hegemony in comparative perspective 紧缩时代的城市治理:比较视角下的新自由主义霸权危机

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Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space Pub Date : 2023-07-07 DOI: 10.1177/0308518x231186151

J. Davies

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Online work as humanitarian relief? The promise and limitations of digital livelihoods for Syrian refugees and Lebanese youth during times of crisis 网络工作是人道主义救济吗?危机时期叙利亚难民和黎巴嫩青年数字生计的希望与局限

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Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space Pub Date : 2023-07-05 DOI: 10.1177/0308518x231184470

A. Hackl, Watfa Najdi

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Making space for the new state capitalism, part III: Thinking conjuncturally 为新的国家资本主义创造空间(三):统合思考

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Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space Pub Date : 2023-07-04 DOI: 10.1177/0308518X231185587

Adam D. Dixon, J. Peck, Ilias Alami, Heather Whiteside

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Labour geography and the state: Exploring labour's role in working against, with and through the state to improve labour standards 劳工地理与国家:探讨劳工在与国家对抗、与国家合作或通过国家提高劳工标准方面的作用

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Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space Pub Date : 2023-07-03 DOI: 10.1177/0308518x231178816

T. Hastings, A. Herod

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Leaving oil in the ground: Ecuador's Yasuní-ITT initiative and spatial strategies for supply-side climate solutions 将石油留在地下:厄瓜多尔的Yasuní-ITT倡议和供应侧气候解决方案的空间战略

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Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space Pub Date : 2023-07-03 DOI: 10.1177/0308518x231184876

Synneva Geithus Laastad

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Contested values of development: Experiencing commodification of livelihoods through displacement and resettlement in Mozambique 有争议的发展价值:在莫桑比克通过流离失所和重新安置经历生计商品化

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Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space Pub Date : 2023-06-27 DOI: 10.1177/0308518x231182431

K. Otsuki

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Elite agency in the growth of offshore business services in Romania 精英机构在罗马尼亚的离岸业务增长服务

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Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space Pub Date : 2023-06-27 DOI: 10.1177/0308518x231181126

Ioana Jipa-Muşat, Martha Prevezer, Liam Campling

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Competition and coordination in state intrapreneurialism: The case of South Korea's export of urban expertise 国家内部创业主义中的竞争与协调:以韩国城市专业知识输出为例

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Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space Pub Date : 2023-06-20 DOI: 10.1177/0308518x231182428

Julie T. Miao, Hyung Min Kim, N. Phelps

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Social reproduction and public finance: A comparative study of TIF in California and Chicago 社会再生产与公共财政:加州与芝加哥TIF比较研究

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Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space Pub Date : 2023-06-15 DOI: 10.1177/0308518x231178309

Robin Wright, Keavy McFadden

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