Global human rights and state sovereignty: State ratification of international human rights treaties, 1965-2001

Sociological Forum

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 724-754

  Wotipka, Christine Min ^a   Tsutsui, Kiyoteru ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Globalization; Human rights; International law; Political sociology; Treaties; World society

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349092334     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1573-7861.2008.00092.x     Document Type: Article

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