Conditional Decoupling: Assessing the Impact of National Human Rights Institutions, 1981 to 2004

American Sociological Review

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 702-725

  Cole, Wade M ^a   Ramirez, Francisco O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

decoupling; human rights; information p.

Indexed keywords

CIVIL RIGHTS; HUMAN RIGHTS; POLITICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL HISTORY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84881015208     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122413492762     Document Type: Article

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