Women's Participation and Representation in Politics: Perspectives from Ghana

International Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 282-291

  Bawa, Sylvia ^a   Sanyare, Francis ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ghana; participation; politics; representation; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874495225     PISSN: 01900692     EISSN: 15324265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2012.757620     Document Type: Article

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