More is Better: The Influence of Collective Female Descriptive Representation on External Efficacy

Politics and Gender

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-101

  Atkeson, Lonna Rae ^a   Carrillo, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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EID: 34948907065     PISSN: 1743923X     EISSN: 17439248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1743923X0707002X     Document Type: Article

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