Political representation, democratic institutions and women’s empowerment: The quota debate in India1

Rethinking Empowerment: Gender and Development in a Global/Local World

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 133-146

  Rai, Shirin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85141098415     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203220078-11     Document Type: Chapter

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