Mujeres en la élite del poder. La presencia de las mujeres en los gabinetes ministeriales latinoamericanos (1978–2021)

Mélany Barragán; Cecilia Graciela Rodríguez

doi:10.16993/iberoamericana.566

Mujeres en la élite del poder. La presencia de las mujeres en los gabinetes ministeriales latinoamericanos (1978–2021)

Iberoamericana – Nordic Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Volume 52 (2023): Issue 1

By: Mélany Barragán and Cecilia Graciela Rodríguez

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/iberoamericana.566 | Journal eISSN: 2002-4509

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Submitted on: Nov 15, 2022

Accepted on: Mar 20, 2023

Published on: Apr 25, 2023

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