Incentives for personal votes and women's representation in legislatures

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1575-1600

  Thames, Frank C ^a   Williams, Margaret S ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Federal Judicial Center   (United States)

Author keywords

electoral systems; gender; legislatures; women's representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149371701     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414010374017     Document Type: Article

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