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Author:

Lawless, Jennifer L., 1975-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

xv, 203 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Women in politics--United States.
Political participation--United States.
Women political candidates--United States.
Women--United States--Attitudes.
Sex role--United States.

Other Authors:

Fox, Richard Logan.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-193) and index.

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.

ISBN:

9780521674140 (pbk.)
052167414X (pbk.)
9780521857451 (hardback)
0521857457 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)60028959

LCCN:

2005011914

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)