The determinants of election to the United Nations Security Council

Public Choice

Volumn 158, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 51-83

  Dreher, Axel ^a   Gould, Matthew ^b   Rablen, Matthew D ^c   Vreeland, James Raymond ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elections; Security Council; Turn taking norm; United Nations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891034231     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-013-0096-4     Document Type: Article

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