Madam president: Gender, power, and the comparative presidency

Journal of Women, Politics and Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 132-165

  Jalalzai, Farida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Presidents; Prime ministers; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951740307     PISSN: 1554477X     EISSN: 15544788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15544771003697643     Document Type: Article

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