Helping women run and win: Feminist groups, candidate recruitment and training

Women and Politics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 101-116

  Rozell, Mark J ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Candidate recruitment; Elections; Feminist groups; Interest groups; Political mobilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 26844434547     PISSN: 01957732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J014v21n03_05     Document Type: Article

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