Rewards for Ratification: Payoffs for Participating in the International Human Rights Regime?

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 197-208

  Nielsen, Richard A ^a   Simmons, Beth A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84929947769     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/isqu.12142     Document Type: Article

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