Gender Quotas and Women's Substantive Representation: Lessons from Argentina

Politics and Gender

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 393-425

  Franceschet, Susan ^a   Piscopo, Jennifer M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 69649107635     PISSN: 1743923X     EISSN: 17439248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1743923X08000342     Document Type: Article

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