Analyzing Institutional Persistence: The Case of the Ministry of Women's Affairs in Aotearoa/New Zealand

Politics and Gender

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 545-572

  Curtin, Jennifer ^a   Teghtsoonian, Katherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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EID: 82455247546     PISSN: 1743923X     EISSN: 17439248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1743923X1000036X     Document Type: Article

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