| ISBN | 9780521179249 |
| Call Number | HQ1236.5.U6 .L38 2010 |
| Author | Lawless, Jennifer L., 1975- |
| Title | It still takes a candidate : why women don’t run for office / Jennifer L. Lawless, Richard L. Fox |
| Imprint | New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010 |
| Physical | xvi, 239 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Content | Machine generated contents note: 1. Electoral politics: still a man’s world?; 2. Explaining women’s emergence in the political arena; 3. The gender gap in political ambition; 4. Barefoot, pregnant, and holding a law degree: family dynamics and running for office; 5. Gender, party, and political recruitment; 6. "I’m just not qualified": gendered self-perceptions of candidate viability; 7. Taking the plunge: deciding to run for office; 8. 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 |
| Subject | Women -- Political activity -- United States. (6) |
| | Political participation -- United States. (25) |
| | Women political candidates -- United States. (3) |
| | Women -- United States -- Attitudes. |
| | Sex role -- United States |
| Added Entry | Lawless, Jennifer L., 1975- |
| | Fox, Richard Logan. (3) |
| Holding | LIC |
