Hard and soft commitments to human rights treaties, 1966-2000

Sociological Forum

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 563-588

  Cole, Wade M ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human rights; International membership; Political sociology; Ratification; Surveillance; Treaties

Indexed keywords

EID: 68849126905     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1573-7861.2009.01120.x     Document Type: Article

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