Informal institutions, protest, and change in gendered federal systems

Politics and Gender

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 262-273

  Banaszak, Lee Ann ^a   Weldon, S Laurel ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 82455256918     PISSN: 1743923X     EISSN: 17439248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1743923X11000109     Document Type: Review

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