Women who win: Social backgrounds, paths to power, and political ambition in Latin American legislatures

Politics and Gender

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-33

  Schwindt Bayer, Leslie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 82455249631     PISSN: 1743923X     EISSN: 17439248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1743923X10000541     Document Type: Review

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