Japanese women in grassroots politics: Building a gender-equal society from the bottom up

Pacific Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 147-172

  Takao, Yasuo ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gender equality; Gender politics; Grassroots politics; Japan; Japanese women; Local elections

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; GENDER RELATIONS; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; LEGAL RIGHTS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLICY REFORM; POLITICAL CHANGE; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 34249778383     PISSN: 09512748     EISSN: 14701332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09512740701306790     Document Type: Article

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