Transnational Women's Activism and the Global Diffusion of Gender Quotas

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 357-372

  Hughes, Melanie M ^a   Krook, Mona Lena ^b   Paxton, Pamela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; WOMENS ORGANIZATION; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 84929958788     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/isqu.12190     Document Type: Article

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