Constitutions and the Political Agency of Women: A Cross-Country Study

Feminist Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 183-210

  Austen, Siobhan ^a   Mavisakalyan, Astghik ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Constitutions; gender equality; laws; parliamentary representation; political agency; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949320466     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2015.1075656     Document Type: Article

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