Women's political representation and welfare state spending in 12 capitalist democracies

Social Forces

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1509-1534

  Bolzendahl, Catherine ^a   Brooks, Clem ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34447505124     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2007.0061     Document Type: Article

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