Descriptive representation and policymaking authority: Evidence from women in cabinets and bureaucracies

Governance

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 559-580

  Whitford, Andrew B ^a   Wilkins, Vicky M ^a   Ball, Mercedes G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 36949009214     PISSN: 09521895     EISSN: 14680491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0491.2007.00372.x     Document Type: Article

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