How development matters: A research note on the relationship between development, democracy and women's political representation

International Journal of Comparative Sociology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 455-477

  Viterna, Jocelyn ^a   Fallon, Kathleen M ^b   Beckfield, Jason ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Democracy; Development; Parliament; Political representation; Women

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOCRACY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GENDER ROLE; MODELING; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 56549116817     PISSN: 00207152     EISSN: 17452554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020715208097789     Document Type: Article

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