It takes a candidate: why women don't run for office
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 conducted on almost 3,800 'potential candidates', we find that women, even...
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| Summary: | 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 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. 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. 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 |
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| spelling | Lawless, Jennifer L. 1975- Verfasser aut It takes a candidate why women don't run for office Jennifer L. Lawless, Richard L. Fox Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2005 1 online resource (xv, 203 pages) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) 1. Electoral politics : still a man's world? -- Representation, equality, and the study of gender in electoral politics -- Traditional gender socialization in the context of U.S. politics : the central argument and its implications -- Traditional family role orientations -- Masculinized ethos -- Gendered psyche -- Organization of the book -- 2. Explaining women's emergence in the political arena -- Women and elective politics : the numbers -- Existing explanations for women's underrepresentation -- Societal rejection and cultural evolution : the discrimination explanation -- Institutional inertia : the incumbency explanation -- The candidate eligibility pool : the pipeline explanation -- The missing piece : developing a theory of gender and political ambition -- The citizen political ambition study -- 3. The gender gap in political ambition -- Very much the same : gender, political participation, and political interest -- Very much different : gender and political ambition -- Stage one : considering a candidacy -- Stage two : deciding to enter the first race -- The "winnowing effect" -- The gender gap in elective office preferences -- Conclusion -- 4. Barefoot, pregnant, and holding a law degree : family dynamics and running for office -- Raised to be a candidate? -- Eligible candidates' family structure and roles -- Wife, mother, and candidate? : family roles as impediments to political ambition -- Are times changing? : generational differences in political ambition -- Conclusion -- 5. Gender, party, and political recruitment -- Eligible candidates' political attitudes and partisanship -- Who gets asked to run for office? -- Political recruitment and considering a candidacy -- Conclusion -- 6. "I'm just not qualified" : gendered self-perceptions of candidate viability -- The impact of self-perceived qualifications on political ambition -- Explanations for the gender gap in self-perceived qualifications -- The sexist environment -- Gender differences in defining political qualifications -- Different yardsticks for gauging political qualifications -- Conclusion -- 7. Taking the plunge : deciding to run for office -- Why would anyone run for office? : negative perceptions of the electoral environment and campaign process -- Gender and the decision to enter a race -- A side note on political culture and "structural" factors -- Prospective interest in running for office -- Conclusion -- 8. Gender and the future of electoral politics -- Summarizing the findings and forecasting women's representation -- Recasting the study of gender and elections -- Appendix A. The citizen political ambition study sample design and data collection -- Appendix B. The survey -- Appendix C. The interview questionnaire -- Appendix D. Variable coding 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 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. 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. 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 Frau Women / Political activity / United States Political participation / United States Women political candidates / United States Women / United States / Attitudes Sex role / United States Geschlechterrolle (DE-588)4071776-8 gnd rswk-swf Kandidatin (DE-588)4350845-5 gnd rswk-swf Politische Beteiligung (DE-588)4076215-4 gnd rswk-swf Frau (DE-588)4018202-2 gnd rswk-swf USA USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 g Frau (DE-588)4018202-2 s Politische Beteiligung (DE-588)4076215-4 s Kandidatin (DE-588)4350845-5 s Geschlechterrolle (DE-588)4071776-8 s 1\p DE-604 Fox, Richard Logan Sonstige oth Erscheint auch als Druckausgabe 978-0-521-67414-0 Erscheint auch als Druckausgabe 978-0-521-85745-1 https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511790898 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
| spellingShingle | Lawless, Jennifer L. 1975- It takes a candidate why women don't run for office 1. Electoral politics : still a man's world? -- Representation, equality, and the study of gender in electoral politics -- Traditional gender socialization in the context of U.S. politics : the central argument and its implications -- Traditional family role orientations -- Masculinized ethos -- Gendered psyche -- Organization of the book -- 2. Explaining women's emergence in the political arena -- Women and elective politics : the numbers -- Existing explanations for women's underrepresentation -- Societal rejection and cultural evolution : the discrimination explanation -- Institutional inertia : the incumbency explanation -- The candidate eligibility pool : the pipeline explanation -- The missing piece : developing a theory of gender and political ambition -- The citizen political ambition study -- 3. The gender gap in political ambition -- Very much the same : gender, political participation, and political interest -- Very much different : gender and political ambition -- Stage one : considering a candidacy -- Stage two : deciding to enter the first race -- The "winnowing effect" -- The gender gap in elective office preferences -- Conclusion -- 4. Barefoot, pregnant, and holding a law degree : family dynamics and running for office -- Raised to be a candidate? -- Eligible candidates' family structure and roles -- Wife, mother, and candidate? : family roles as impediments to political ambition -- Are times changing? : generational differences in political ambition -- Conclusion -- 5. Gender, party, and political recruitment -- Eligible candidates' political attitudes and partisanship -- Who gets asked to run for office? -- Political recruitment and considering a candidacy -- Conclusion -- 6. "I'm just not qualified" : gendered self-perceptions of candidate viability -- The impact of self-perceived qualifications on political ambition -- Explanations for the gender gap in self-perceived qualifications -- The sexist environment -- Gender differences in defining political qualifications -- Different yardsticks for gauging political qualifications -- Conclusion -- 7. Taking the plunge : deciding to run for office -- Why would anyone run for office? : negative perceptions of the electoral environment and campaign process -- Gender and the decision to enter a race -- A side note on political culture and "structural" factors -- Prospective interest in running for office -- Conclusion -- 8. Gender and the future of electoral politics -- Summarizing the findings and forecasting women's representation -- Recasting the study of gender and elections -- Appendix A. The citizen political ambition study sample design and data collection -- Appendix B. The survey -- Appendix C. The interview questionnaire -- Appendix D. Variable coding Frau Women / Political activity / United States Political participation / United States Women political candidates / United States Women / United States / Attitudes Sex role / United States Geschlechterrolle (DE-588)4071776-8 gnd Kandidatin (DE-588)4350845-5 gnd Politische Beteiligung (DE-588)4076215-4 gnd Frau (DE-588)4018202-2 gnd |
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| title | It takes a candidate why women don't run for office |
| title_auth | It takes a candidate why women don't run for office |
| title_exact_search | It takes a candidate why women don't run for office |
| title_full | It takes a candidate why women don't run for office Jennifer L. Lawless, Richard L. Fox |
| title_fullStr | It takes a candidate why women don't run for office Jennifer L. Lawless, Richard L. Fox |
| title_full_unstemmed | It takes a candidate why women don't run for office Jennifer L. Lawless, Richard L. Fox |
| title_short | It takes a candidate |
| title_sort | it takes a candidate why women don t run for office |
| title_sub | why women don't run for office |
| topic | Frau Women / Political activity / United States Political participation / United States Women political candidates / United States Women / United States / Attitudes Sex role / United States Geschlechterrolle (DE-588)4071776-8 gnd Kandidatin (DE-588)4350845-5 gnd Politische Beteiligung (DE-588)4076215-4 gnd Frau (DE-588)4018202-2 gnd |
| topic_facet | Frau Women / Political activity / United States Political participation / United States Women political candidates / United States Women / United States / Attitudes Sex role / United States Geschlechterrolle Kandidatin Politische Beteiligung USA |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511790898 |
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