From pariah state to global protagonist: Argentina and the struggle for international human rights

Latin American Politics and Society

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-29

  Sikkink, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARGENTINIDAE;

EID: 85036923938     PISSN: 1531426X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-2456.2008.00002.x     Document Type: Article

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