Special seats for women in the national legislature: The case of Tanzania

Africa Today

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-86

  Yoon, Mi Yung ^a  

^a HANOVER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; WOMENS STATUS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 55849132973     PISSN: 00019887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2979/aft.2008.55.1.60     Document Type: Article

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