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Linking Women's Descriptive and Substantive Representation in the United States

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 November 2009

Kimberly Cowell-Meyers  and
Laura Langbein
Kimberly Cowell-Meyers
Affiliation:
American University
Laura Langbein
Affiliation:
American University
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Politics & Gender , Volume 5 , Issue 4 , December 2009 , pp. 491 - 518
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Copyright © The Women and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association 2009

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