Gender and attitudes toward quotas for women candidates in Canada

Women and Politics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 21-44

  Gidengil, Elisabeth ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0003375972     PISSN: 01957732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J014v16n04_02     Document Type: Article

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