It Takes a Candidate: Why Women Don't Run for Office

Jennifer L. Lawless; Richard L. Fox

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511790898

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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-viii

List of Tables
pp ix-x

List of Figures
pp xi-xii

Acknowledgments
pp xiii-xvi

1 - Electoral Politics: Still a Man's World?
pp 1-15

2 - Explaining Women's Emergence in the Political Arena
pp 16-36

3 - The Gender Gap in Political Ambition
pp 37-50

4 - Barefoot, Pregnant, and Holding a Law Degree: Family Dynamics and Running for Office
pp 51-74

5 - Gender, Party, and Political Recruitment
pp 75-94

6 - “I'm Just Not Qualified”: Gendered Self-Perceptions of Candidate Viability
pp 95-117

7 - Taking the Plunge: Deciding to Run for Office
pp 118-144

8 - Gender and the Future of Electoral Politics
pp 145-156

Appendix A - The Citizen Political Ambition Study Sample Design and Data Collection
pp 157-159

Appendix B - The Survey
pp 160-170

Appendix C - The Interview Questionnaire
pp 171-175

Appendix D - Variable Coding
pp 176-180

Works Cited
pp 181-194

Index
pp 195-203

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