Designed to fail or failure of design? The origins and legacy of the Arab league

Crafting Cooperation: Regional International Institutions in Comparative Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 180-220

  Barnett, Michael ^a   Solingen, Etel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84917454619     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511491436.006     Document Type: Chapter

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