Does the political participation of women matter? Democratic representation, affirmative action and quotas in Costa Rica

IDS Bulletin

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 25-34

  Sagot, Montserrat ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; QUOTA SYSTEM; SOCIAL JUSTICE; WOMENS ORGANIZATION; WOMENS STATUS;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 77956603378     PISSN: 02655012     EISSN: 17595436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-5436.2010.00163.x     Document Type: Article

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