Reforming Representation: The Diffusion of Candidate Gender Quotas Worldwide

Politics and Gender

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 303-327

  Krook, Mona Lena ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34247605343     PISSN: 1743923X     EISSN: 17439248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1743923X06060107     Document Type: Article

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