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

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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lawless, Jennifer L., 1975-
Other Authors: Fox, Richard Logan
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Women > Political activity > United States.
Political participation > United States.
Women political candidates > United States.
Women > United States > Attitudes.
Sex role > United States.
Gender roles.
Role behavior.
Women.
Women > Political activity.
Political participation.
Women political candidates.
Women > Attitudes.
Sex role.
United States.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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