Electoral quotas: Frequency and effectiveness

Women, Quotas and Politics

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 273-292

  Matland, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

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EID: 84917421553     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203099544     Document Type: Chapter

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