Billiard balls or snowflakes? Major power prestige and the international diffusion of institutions and practices

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-52

  Fordham, Benjamin O ^a   Asal, Victor ^b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIZATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; POLITICAL POWER; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 33847404481     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2007.00438.x     Document Type: Article

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