Norm Subsidiarity and Regional Orders: Sovereignty, Regionalism, and Rule-Making in the Third World

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-123

  Acharya, Amitav ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; GEOPOLITICS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; REGIONALISM; SOVEREIGNTY;

EID: 79952306242     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2010.00637.x     Document Type: Article

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