Women’s rights INGO shaming and the government respect for women’s rights

Review of International Organizations

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-22

  Murdie, Amanda ^a   Peksen, Dursun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Human rights; INGOs; Shaming; Women s rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027939925     PISSN: 15597431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11558-014-9200-x     Document Type: Article

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