Gender quotas in British politics: Multiple approaches and methods in feminist research

British Politics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 44-66

  Krook, Mona Lena ^a   Squires, Judith ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feminist methodology; Feminist research methods; Gender quotas; Women and politics in Britain

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747176716     PISSN: 1746918X     EISSN: 17469198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.bp.4200002     Document Type: Article

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