Women’s candidacies and electability in a divided society: The Northern Ireland women’s coalition and the 1996 forum election

Women and Politics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-93

  Wilford, Rick ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Candidacy; Electoral opportunities and constraints; Northern ireland; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345358760     PISSN: 01957732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J014v20n01_04     Document Type: Article

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