Coalition building, election rules, and party politics: South African women's path to parliament

Africa Today

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 33-68

  Britton, Hannah E ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; WOMENS STATUS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0041415832     PISSN: 00019887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2979/aft.2002.49.4.32     Document Type: Article

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