Sub-Saharan Africa: On the fast track to women’s political representation

Women, Quotas and Politics

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 112-137

  Tripp, Aili ^a   Konaté, Dior ^b   Lowe Morna, Colleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 84867482254     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203099544     Document Type: Chapter

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