Women and Democracy: Cultural Obstacles to Equal Representation

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• Publication year

  2001

• Venue

  Journal of Democracy

• Publication date

  2001-07-01

• Fields of study

  Political Science

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  DOI 10.1353/JOD.2001.0054
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