Shaming and Blaming: Using Events Data to Assess the Impact of Human Rights INGOs

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-16

  Murdie, Amanda M ^a   Davis, David R ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVOCACY; DATA SET; HUMAN RIGHTS; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PUBLIC ACCESS; STATE ROLE;

EID: 84857606455     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2011.00694.x     Document Type: Article

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