Understanding the Effects of Larger Ratios of Women in National Legislatures: Proportions and Gender Differentiation in Sweden and Norway

Women and Politics

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-29

  Towns, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0345491913     PISSN: 01957732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J014v25n01_01     Document Type: Article

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