It still takes a candidate : why women don't run for office / Jennifer L. Lawless, Richard L. Fox.

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Lawless, Jennifer L, 1975-

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TextPublication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.Edition: Rev. edDescription: 1 online resource (xvi, 239 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780511901904
0511901909
9780521762526
0521762529
9780511778797
0511778791
9780511798757
051179875X

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: It still takes a candidate.DDC classification:

320.082 22

LOC classification:

HQ1236.5.U6 L38 2010eb

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89.57

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Contents:

Electoral politics: still a man's world? -- Explaining women's emergence in the political arena -- The gender gap in political ambition -- Barefoot, pregnant, and holding a law degree: family dynamics and running for office -- Gender, party, and political recruitment -- "I'm just not qualified": gendered self-perceptions of candidate viability -- Taking the plunge: deciding to run for office -- Gender and the future of electoral politics -- Appendix A. The citizen political ambition panel study sample design and data collection -- Appendix B. The first wave survey (2001) -- Appendix C. The second wave survey (2008) -- Appendix D. The interview questionnaire -- Appendix E. Variable coding.

Summary: "It Still Takes a Candidate serves as the only systematic, nationwide empirical account of the manner in which gender affects political ambition"--Provided by publisherSummary: "It Still Takes a Candidate serves as the only systematic, nationwide empirical account of the manner in which gender affects political ambition. Based on data from the Citizen Political Ambition Panel Study, a national survey conducted of almost 3,800 "potential candidates" in 2001 and a second survey of more than 2,000 of these same individuals in 2008, Jennifer L. Lawless and Richard L. Fox find that women, even in the highest tiers of professional accomplishment, are substantially less likely than men to demonstrate ambition to seek elective office. Women are less likely than men to be recruited to run for office. They are less likely than men to think they are qualified to run for office. And they are less likely than men to express a willingness to run for office in the future. This gender gap in political ambition persists across generations and over time. Despite cultural evolution and society's changing attitudes toward women in politics, running for public office remains a much less attractive and feasible endeavor for women than men"--Provided by publisher

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Revised edition of: It takes a candidate. 2005.

"It Still Takes a Candidate serves as the only systematic, nationwide empirical account of the manner in which gender affects political ambition"--Provided by publisher

"It Still Takes a Candidate serves as the only systematic, nationwide empirical account of the manner in which gender affects political ambition. Based on data from the Citizen Political Ambition Panel Study, a national survey conducted of almost 3,800 "potential candidates" in 2001 and a second survey of more than 2,000 of these same individuals in 2008, Jennifer L. Lawless and Richard L. Fox find that women, even in the highest tiers of professional accomplishment, are substantially less likely than men to demonstrate ambition to seek elective office. Women are less likely than men to be recruited to run for office. They are less likely than men to think they are qualified to run for office. And they are less likely than men to express a willingness to run for office in the future. This gender gap in political ambition persists across generations and over time. Despite cultural evolution and society's changing attitudes toward women in politics, running for public office remains a much less attractive and feasible endeavor for women than men"--Provided by publisher