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Chapter Twelve - Gender Equality without Legislated Quotas in Sweden

from Part IV - Gender Quotas As Accessory Equality Measures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2018

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
, pp. 366 - 399
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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