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02929aam a2200397 i 4500 001 4F99C31A353511EB88BA481D27ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20201203010017 008 200316t20202020enka b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020006661 020 $a 1108818897 020 $a 9781108818896 020 $a 1108836321 020 $a 9781108836326 035 $a (OCoLC)1145090635 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d YDX $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HQ1236.5 U6 B38 2020 100 1 $a Bauer, Nichole M. $e author. 245 14 $a The qualifications gap : $b why women must be better than men to win political office / $c Nichole M. Bauer. 264 1 $a Cambridge, United Kingdom ; $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2020. 300 $a xv, 221 pages : $b illustrations (black and white) ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "This book examines how ideas about gender affect who voters see as qualified to serve in political office, and how these gendered perceptions of qualifications limit the success of female candidates. Voters want political candidates who follow the "conventional male pipeline" into political office, but this is a pipeline that formally and informally excludes women. The demand for masculinity means these women must "look like men," but be "better than men" to win elections. I show that the association between masculinity and political qualifications limits the success of women in elections through the news coverage women receive and the ways voters make decisions about female candidates. Through an original analysis of candidate websites and campaign news coverage, I show that voters are less likely to have information about the political experiences of female candidates. Using a series of experiments, I show that voters hold female candidates to a significantly higher qualification standard, and these higher standards are particularly problematic for Republican women. Representing the interests of constituents requires highly skilled, experienced, and qualified lawmakers-and many times, female candidates are more qualified than male candidates. Voters are simply not selecting highly qualified women"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Women political candidates $z United States. 650 0 $a Women in public life $z United States. 650 0 $a Sex role $x Political aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Women $x Political activity $z United States. 650 0 $a Political participation $x Sex differences $z United States. 650 0 $a Elections $z United States. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Bauer, Nichole M. $t Qualifications gap $d New York : Cambridge University Press, 2020. $z 9781108864503 $w (DLC) 2020006662 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210105041034.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4F99C31A353511EB88BA481D27ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search