Technical and institutional states: Loose coupling in the human rights sector of the world polity

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-95

  Clark, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 74549116358     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: 15338525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2009.01163.x     Document Type: Article

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