What will states really do for us? The human rights enterprise and pressure from below

Societies without Borders

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 430-451

  Armaline, William T ^a   Glasberg, Davita Silfen ^b  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

GLOBAL RESTRUCTURING; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMAN RIGHTS ENTERPRISE; HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENTS; HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055193138     PISSN: 18718868     EISSN: 18721915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/187188609X12492771031771     Document Type: Article

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