@article{717539,
      author = {Baldez, Lisa.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/717539},
      title = {Defying convention : US resistance to the U.N. treaty on  women's rights /},
      abstract = {The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of  Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) articulates what has  now become a global norm. CEDAW establishes the moral,  civic, and political equality of women; women's right to be  free from discrimination and violence; and the  responsibility of governments to take positive action to  achieve these goals. The United States is not among the 187  countries that have ratified the treaty. To explain why the  United States has not ratified CEDAW, this book highlights  the emergence of the treaty in the context of the Cold War,  the deeply partisan nature of women's rights issues in the  United States, and basic disagreements about how human  rights treaties work.  The only book on the market that  examines why the United States has not ratified the UN  Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of  Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).  Analysis of CEDAW  specifically addresses the international relations  literature on the adoption and ratification of treaties,  which predicted that the United States should have ratified  CEDAW long ago. It highlights the US role in international  struggles for women's rights and reveals new information on  the international dimension of struggles for women's rights  within the United States. -- Provided by publisher.},
      recid = {717539},
      pages = {xiv, 235 pages ;},
}