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Women's Participation and Representation in Politics: Perspectives from Ghana

Sylvia Bawa Department of Sociology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Francis Sanyare Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester, Manchester, United KingdomCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 282-291 | Published online: 20 Feb 2013

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