"Engendering" Politics: The Impact of Descriptive Representation on Women's Political Engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 767-790

  Barnes, Tiffany D ^a   Burchard, Stephanie M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES   (United States)

Author keywords

descriptive representation; political engagement; sub Saharan Africa; symbolic representation; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878880997     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414012463884     Document Type: Article

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