Abstract
Women are underrepresented in most of the world's legislatures. While the scarcity of female representation is problematic for multiple reasons, one of the central concerns of advocates and scholars rests on the assumption that women have different legislative preferences than their male counterparts. If this is the case, then it implies that where women do not occupy an equitable proportion of the legislature, their interests are not well represented.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 483-507 |
Number of pages | 25 |
Journal | Politics and Gender |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2012 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Gender Studies
- Sociology and Political Science