Measuring the quality of politicians elected by gender quotas - Are they any different?

Political Studies

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 143-163

  Allen, Peter ^a   Cutts, David ^b   Campbell, Rosie ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender quotas; Political careers; Political representation; Voting behaviour; Women in politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959329214     PISSN: 00323217     EISSN: 14679248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9248.12161     Document Type: Article

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