The impact of gender stereotyped evaluations on support for women candidates

Political Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-88

  Dolan, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Descriptive representation; Gender stereotypes; Women candidates

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649092302     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-009-9090-4     Document Type: Article

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