Effective quotas, relative party magnitude, and the success of female candidates: Peruvian municipal elections in comparative perspective

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 704-734

  Schmidt, Gregory D ^a   Saunders, Kyle L ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective action; District magnitude; Electoral systems; Gender quotas; Party magnitude; Peru

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142784317     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414004265884     Document Type: Review

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