Pinning the butterfly: Women, Blue-Collar and ethnic minority mps vis-à-vis parliamentary norms and the parliamentary role of the Group Representative

Journal of Legislative Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 380-393

  Celis, Karen ^a   Wauters, Bram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Class; Ethnic minorities; Gender; Parliamentary roles; Representation; Rituals

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956247119     PISSN: 13572334     EISSN: 17439337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13572334.2010.498106     Document Type: Article

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