Deliberative democracy and the WTO

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 522-541

  Kapoor, Ilan ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consensual international agreements; Deliberative democracy; North South trade negotiations; Political legitimacy; WTO decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 4944249682     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0969229042000252882     Document Type: Review

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