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It takes a candidate: why women don't run for office

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Lawless, Jennifer L

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Cambridge University Press

Publication Date

2005

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English

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1. Electoral politics : still a man's world?

Representation, equality, and the study of gender in electoral politics

Traditional gender socialization in the context of U.S. politics : the central argument and its implications

Traditional family role orientations

Masculinized ethos

Gendered psyche

Organization of the book

2. Explaining women's emergence in the political arena

Women and elective politics : the numbers

Existing explanations for women's underrepresentation

Societal rejection and cultural evolution : the discrimination explanation

Institutional inertia : the incumbency explanation

The candidate eligibility pool : the pipeline explanation

The missing piece : developing a theory of gender and political ambition

The citizen political ambition study

3. The gender gap in political ambition

Very much the same : gender, political participation, and political interest

Very much different : gender and political ambition

Stage one : considering a candidacy

Stage two : deciding to enter the first race

The "winnowing effect"

The gender gap in elective office preferences

Conclusion

4. Barefoot, pregnant, and holding a law degree : family dynamics and running for office

Raised to be a candidate?

Eligible candidates' family structure and roles

Wife, mother, and candidate? : family roles as impediments to political ambition

Are times changing? : generational differences in political ambition

Conclusion

5. Gender, party, and political recruitment

Eligible candidates' political attitudes and partisanship

Who gets asked to run for office?

Political recruitment and considering a candidacy

Conclusion

6. "I'm just not qualified" : gendered self-perceptions of candidate viability

The impact of self-perceived qualifications on political ambition

Explanations for the gender gap in self-perceived qualifications

The sexist environment

Gender differences in defining political qualifications

Different yardsticks for gauging political qualifications

Conclusion

7. Taking the plunge : deciding to run for office

Why would anyone run for office? : negative perceptions of the electoral environment and campaign process

Gender and the decision to enter a race

A side note on political culture and "structural" factors

Prospective interest in running for office

Conclusion

8. Gender and the future of electoral politics

Summarizing the findings and forecasting women's representation

Recasting the study of gender and elections

Appendix A. The citizen political ambition study sample design and data collection

Appendix B. The survey

Appendix C. The interview questionnaire

Appendix D. Variable coding.

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Subjects

Attitudes
candidat
candidat -- élections -- femme -- Etats-Unis
carrière politique
carrière politique -- femme -- Etats-Unis
Essays
élections
femme
femme -- participation politique -- Etats-Unis
Frau
General
Geschlechterrolle
Government
Kandidatin
National
participation politique
Political activity
Political participation
Political participation -- United States
POLITICAL SCIENCE
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference
Politikerin
Politische Beteiligung
Reference
Sex role
Sex role -- United States
USA
Women
Women -- Political activity -- United States
Women -- United States -- Attitudes
Women in politics
Women in politics -- United States
Women political candidates
Women political candidates -- United States

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Fox, Richard Logan

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9780521857451
9780511182815
9780511790898
9780521674140
9781280431937
052167414
9780511308871
9780511140884
9781107155923
9780511140112
9780511139215

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