Squaring the circle? Collective and distributive effects of United Nations Security Council reform

Review of International Organizations

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-187

  Hosli, Madeleine O ^a   Moody, Rebecca ^b   O'Donovan, Bryan ^a   Kaniovski, Serguei ^c   Little, Anna C H ^d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH WIFO   (Austria)

^d Pragmora International Peace Organization   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coalition formation; Decision making; Distribution of votes; United Nations General Assembly; United Nations Security Council

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959278220     PISSN: 15597431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11558-011-9101-1     Document Type: Article

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