Political cleaners: Women as the new anti-corruption force?

Development and Change

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-105

  Goetz, Anne Marie ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIFEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; DEMOCRACY; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 33846811450     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2007.00404.x     Document Type: Article

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