A Portrait of Continuing Marginality: The Study of Women of Color in American Politics 1

Women and American Politics: New Questions, New Directions

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Cohen, Cathy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Marginality; Political behaviour; Political participation; Women; Women of colour

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947546849     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0198293488.003.0009     Document Type: Chapter

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