What do women really know? A gendered analysis of varieties of political knowledge

Perspectives on Politics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-109

  Stolle, Dietlind ^a   Gidengil, Elisabeth ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 77951436485     PISSN: 15375927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1537592709992684     Document Type: Article

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