Implementation of political party gender quotas: Evidence from the German Länder 1990-2000

Party Politics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 211-232

  Davidson Schmich, Louise K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender quotas; Party quotas; Women in German politics; Women in legislatures; Women's representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645723721     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: 14603683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068806061338     Document Type: Article

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