Rising to the Top: Gender, Political Performance, and Party Leadership in Parliamentary Democracies

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1022-1039

  O'Brien, Diana Z ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84943355268     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: 15405907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajps.12173     Document Type: Article

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