Constitutionalizing Difference: A Case Study Analysis of Gender Provisions in Botswana and South Africa

Politics and Gender

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-61

  Scribner, Druscilla ^a   Lambert, Priscilla A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79953232818     PISSN: 1743923X     EISSN: 17439248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1743923X0999050X     Document Type: Article

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