Quotas and Qualifications in Uganda

The Impact of Gender Quotas

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  O'Brien, Diana Z ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Candidate qualifications; Gender quotas; Political backgrounds; Political experience; Political recruitment; Reserved seats; Uganda

Indexed keywords

EID: 85066544395     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199830091.003.0004     Document Type: Chapter

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