Quotas for women in elected legislatures: Do they really empower women?

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 27, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 531-546

  Tinker, Irene ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; GENDER ROLE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 10244229446     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2004.09.008     Document Type: Article

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