Female leadership of democratic transitions in Asia

Pacific Affairs

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 535-556

  Thompson, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION; GENDER ROLE; LEADERSHIP; POLITICAL REFORM; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA;

EID: 0037985660     PISSN: 0030851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4127345     Document Type: Article

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