Quotas for men: Reframing gender quotas as a means of improving representation for all

American Political Science Review

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 520-532

  Murray, Rainbow ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84907300135     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055414000239     Document Type: Article

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