Gender stereotypes and attitudes toward gender balance in government

American Politics Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 409-428

  Dolan, Kathleen ^a   Sanbonmatsu, Kira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Descriptive representation; Gender stereotypes; Women candidates

Indexed keywords

EID: 65149084616     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X08322109     Document Type: Article

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