Quota trouble: Talking about gender quotas in Finnish local politics

International Feminist Journal of Politics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 169-193

  Holli, Anne Maria ^a   Luhtakallio, Eeva ^a   Raevaara, Eeva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Discourse; Finland; Gender; Local politics; Quotas

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247635477     PISSN: 14616742     EISSN: 14684470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616740600612822     Document Type: Article

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