Women's parliamentary representation: Are women more highly represented in (consolidated) democracies than in non-democracies?

Contemporary Politics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 429-443

  Stockemer, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

democracy; national parliaments; women's representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050168828     PISSN: 13569775     EISSN: 14693631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13569770903416471     Document Type: Article

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