States as Gender Equality Activists: The Evolution of Quota Laws in Latin America

Latin American Politics and Society

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 27-49

  Piscopo, Jennifer M ^a  

^a OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMINISM; GENDER ISSUE; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGISLATION; WOMENS STATUS;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 84939528150     PISSN: 1531426X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-2456.2015.00278.x     Document Type: Article

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