Informal influences in selecting female political candidates

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 460-471

  Cheng, Christine ^a   Tavits, Margit ^b  

^a EXETER COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

candidate selection; gender; informal influences; party politics; women's representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956356975     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912909349631     Document Type: Article

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