Jennifer L Lawless, Richard L Fox

Broschiertes Buch

It Takes a Candidate

Why Women Don't Run for Office

Beschreibung

It Takes a Candidate serves as the first systematic, nationwide empirical account of the manner in which gender affects political ambition. Based on data from the Citizen Political Ambition Study, a national survey we conducted on almost 3,800 potential candidates, we find that women, even in the highest tiers of professional accomplishment, are substantially less likely than men to demonstrate ambition to seek elected office. Despite societys changing attitudes toward women in politics, running for public office remains a much less attractive and feasible endeavor for women than men.

Autor

Jennifer Lawless received her Ph.D. from Stanford University in 2003. She is currently an assistant professor of political science at Brown University, with a courtesy appointment at the Taubman Center for Public Policy. Her teaching and research focus on gender politics, electoral politics, and public opinion. She has published numerous articles in academic journals, such as The American Journal of Political Science, Political Research Quarterly, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Social Problems, and Women and Politics. She is also the lead author of a public policy report used by EMILY's List, Emerge, and the Women's Campaign School at Yale to help promote and recruit women candidates. Dr Lawless has become a recognized speaker on the subject of women candidates, frequently discussing these issues on national and local television and radio outlets.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 154mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 304g
• ISBN-13: 9780521674140
• ISBN-10: 052167414X
• Artikelnr.: 21931505