'Let there be a Balance': Women in African Parliaments

Political Studies Review

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 370-384

  Bauer, Gretchen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; MPs; Parliament; Women

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; POLITICAL POWER; POLITICAL SYSTEM; WOMENS STATUS;

RWANDA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 84864833963     PISSN: 14789299     EISSN: 14789302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-9302.2012.00272.x     Document Type: Article

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