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Thematic Review: Party Girls: Women's Political Representation, Political Parties, and Elite Incentives - The Inclusion Calculation: Why Men Appropriate Women's Representation. By Melody E. Valdini. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. 208 pp. $99.00 (hardcover). https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190936198.001.0001. - Gender Quotas and Democratic Participation: Recruiting Candidates for Elective Offices in Germany. By Louise K. Davidson-Schmich. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2016. 320 pp. $95.00 (hardcover). https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.8137405.

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The Inclusion Calculation: Why Men Appropriate Women's Representation. By Melody E. Valdini. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. 208 pp. $99.00 (hardcover). https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190936198.001.0001.

Gender Quotas and Democratic Participation: Recruiting Candidates for Elective Offices in Germany. By Louise K. Davidson-Schmich. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2016. 320 pp. $95.00 (hardcover). https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.8137405.

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