South Asia: Gender quotas and the politics of empowerment - A comparative study

Women, Quotas and Politics

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 221-245

  Rai, Shirin M ^a   Bari, Farzana ^b   Mahtab, Nazmunessa ^c   Mohanty, Bidyut ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^d Institute of Social Sciences   (India)

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EID: 84917486634     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203099544     Document Type: Chapter

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