Explaining the Deterrence Effect of Human Rights Prosecutions for Transitional Countries

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 939-963

  Kim, Hunjoon ^a   Sikkink, Kathryn ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RIGHTS; POLICY APPROACH; POLITICAL CHANGE; POLITICAL REPRESSION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL POLICY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 78650073853     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2010.00621.x     Document Type: Article

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