Beyond hillary and Benazir: Women's political leadership worldwide

International Political Science Review

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-21

  Jalalzai, Farida ^a   Krook, Mona Lena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender and politics; Public sphere; Representation; Women political leaders

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649324207     PISSN: 01925121     EISSN: 1460373X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192512109354470     Document Type: Article

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