"A hand upon the throat of the nation": Economic sanctions and state repression, 1976-2001

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 489-513

  Wood, Reed M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREIGN POLICY; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERNATIONAL LAW; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; MILITARY INTERVENTION;

EID: 49349103713     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2008.00512.x     Document Type: Article

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