International human rights law and the politics of legitimation: Repressive states and human rights treaties

International Sociology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Hafner Burton, Emilie M ^a,d   Tsutsui, Kiyoteru ^b   Meyer, John W ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human rights; International treaty; World society

Indexed keywords

EID: 36949001774     PISSN: 02685809     EISSN: 14617242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0268580907084388     Document Type: Article

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