Gender, parties, and support for equal rights in the Brazilian Congress

Latin American Politics and Society

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 83-104

  Htun, Mala ^a   Power, Timothy J ^b,c  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Brazilian Studies   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; HUMAN RIGHTS; POLICY DEVELOPMENT;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33845489794     PISSN: 1531426X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-2456.2006.tb00366.x     Document Type: Article

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