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Completing the Unfinished Task? Gender Quotas and the Ongoing Struggle for Women's Empowerment in Europe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2018

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Éléonore Lépinard  and
Ruth Rubio-Marín
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Éléonore Lépinard  and
Ruth Rubio-Marín
Éléonore Lépinard
Affiliation:
Université de Lausanne, Switzerland
Ruth Rubio-Marín
Affiliation:
Universidad de Sevilla
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Transforming Gender Citizenship
The Irresistible Rise of Gender Quotas in Europe
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