Fit and Feasible: Why Democratizing States Form, not Join, International Organizations

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 831-841

  Poast, Paul ^a   Urpelainen, Johannes ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; PUBLIC GOODS; REFORM PROCESS;

EID: 84890144988     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/isqu.12031     Document Type: Article

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