Gender quotas, democracy, and women's representation in Africa: Some insights from democratic Botswana and autocratic Rwanda

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 41, Issue , 2013, Pages 103-112

  Bauer, Gretchen ^a   Burnet, Jennie E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOCRACY; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; WOMENS STATUS;

BOTSWANA; RWANDA;

EID: 84887613580     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2013.05.012     Document Type: Article

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