Welfare Works: Explaining Female Legislative Representation

Politics and Gender

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 165-192

  Rosenbluth, Frances ^a   Salmond, Rob ^b   Thies, Michael F ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 34248035216     PISSN: 1743923X     EISSN: 17439248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1743923X06060065     Document Type: Article

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