Why Are Gender Quotas Adopted? Party Pragmatism and Parity in France

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 529-543

  Murray, Rainbow ^a   Krook, Mona Lena ^b   Opello, Katherine A R ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

comparative politics; elections and voting behavior; political organizations and parties; women and politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864810852     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912911414590     Document Type: Article

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