Women in national legislatures - A cross-national test of macrostructural gender theories

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 71-81

  Oakes, Ann ^a   Almquist, Elizabeth ^b  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national; Gender; Macrostructural theories; Politics

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; FEMALE LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION; GENDER STRATIFICATION; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; LABOUR PARTICIPATION; LEGISLATURE; MACROSTRUCTURAL THEORY; NATIONAL LEGISLATION; WOMEN'S POLITICAL STATUS; WOMEN'S REPRESENTATION;

EID: 0027741907     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: 15737829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01074510     Document Type: Article

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