Gender quotas, the politics of presence, and the feminist project: What does the Indian experience tell us?

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Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-73

  Kudva, Neema ^a   Misra, Kajri ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*

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EID: 51649103889     PISSN: 00979740     EISSN: 15456943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/589239     Document Type: Article

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