Electoral Gender Quotas: A Conceptual Analysis

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1268-1293

  Krook, Mona Lena ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

comparative analysis; concept formation; electoral studies; gender and politics; gender quotas; women in politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904438002     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414013495359     Document Type: Article

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