The complicated relationship between sex, gender and the substantive representation of women

European Journal of Women's Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-21

  Childs, Sarah ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Politics ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British politics; Gender; New Labour; Sex; Women's descriptive and substantive representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645750446     PISSN: 13505068     EISSN: 14617420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350506806060003     Document Type: Article

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