The impact of descriptive representation on women's political engagement: Does party matter?

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 280-294

  Reingold, Beth ^a   Harrell, Jessica ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elections; Gender; Identity; Political participation; Public opinion; Race; Voting behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953047701     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912908330346     Document Type: Article

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