Legislative constraints: A path to peace?

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 438-470

  Choi, Seung Whan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

International conflict; Legislative constraints; Regime type; Veto players

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953517633     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002709357889     Document Type: Article

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