How Do Norms Travel? Theorizing International Women's Rights in Transnational Perspective

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 115-129

  Zwingel, Susanne ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 84858689462     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2011.00701.x     Document Type: Article

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