Fragmented governance of international rivers: Negotiating bilateral versus multilateral treaties

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 835-858

  Zawahri, Neda A ^a   Mitchell, Sara McLaughlin ^b  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 80052684146     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2011.00673.x     Document Type: Article

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