Unequals among equals: Party strategic discrimination and quota laws

French Politics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 260-281

  Verge, Tània ^a   Troupel, Aurélia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

France; legal quotas; parity; party quotas; political parties; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 80555138890     PISSN: 14763419     EISSN: 14763427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/fp.2011.10     Document Type: Article

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