Against the system? Women in elected local government in Japan

Local Government Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 19-31

  Bochel, Catherine ^a   Bochel, Hugh ^a   Kasuga, Masashi ^b   Takeyasu, Hideko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b KOBE GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POLITICAL POWER;

JAPAN;

EID: 0037931564     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930308559368     Document Type: Article

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