Women on Corporate Boards: A Comparison of Parliamentary Discourse in the United Kingdom and France

Politics and Gender

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 443-468

  Chandler, Andrea ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84976551678     PISSN: 1743923X     EISSN: 17439248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1743923X15000574     Document Type: Conference Paper

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