When do states comply with international treaties? Policies on violence against women in post-communist countries

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 877-900

  Avdeyeva, Olga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN POLICY; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; INTERNATIONAL LAW; NATION STATE; POST-COMMUNISM; VIOLENCE; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; CENTRAL ASIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 36749103687     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2007.00481.x     Document Type: Article

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