No shortcuts to power: Constraints on women's political effectiveness in Uganda

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 549-575

  Goetz, Anne Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POLITICAL POWER; WOMENS STATUS;

UGANDA;

EID: 0036905696     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X02004032     Document Type: Article

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