Gendering constitutional change and policy outcomes: Substantive representation and domestic violence policy in Scotland

Policy and Politics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 369-388

  Mackay, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constitutional change; Domestic violence policy; Substantive representation of women

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952880508     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: 14708442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557310X521062     Document Type: Article

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