Defying Convention : US Resistance to the UN Treaty on Women's Rights (Hardcover)

1. Introduction; 2. A scaffolding for women's rights, 1945?70; 3. Geopolitics and the drafting of CEDAW; 4. An evolving global norm of women's rights; 5. CEDAW impact: process, not policy; 6. Why the United States has not ratified CEDAW; 7. CEDAW and domestic violence law in the United States?; 8. Conclusions.