The limits of women's quotas in Brazil

IDS Bulletin

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 17-24

  Araújo, Clara ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; ELITE POLITICS; GENDER ISSUE; PARTY POLITICS; WOMENS ORGANIZATION; WOMENS STATUS;

BRAZIL; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 77956598392     PISSN: 02655012     EISSN: 17595436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-5436.2010.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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