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List of Tables | p. xi |
List of Figures | p. xv |
Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
Mudslinging, Money-Grubbing, and Mayhem: Who Would Ever Run for Office? | p. 1 |
The Importance of Studying the Initial Decision to Run for Office | p. 6 |
Organization of the Book | p. 10 |
The Decision to Run for Office: The Theoretical and Methodological Approach | p. 14 |
The Initial Decision to Run for Office: Developing a More Complete Theory of Political Ambition | p. 16 |
The Citizen Political Ambition Panel Study | p. 24 |
Political Ambition in the Candidate Eligibility Pool | p. 31 |
Candidate Emergence from the Eligibility Pool | p. 35 |
Who Runs for Office? Eligible Candidates' Expressive Ambition | p. 35 |
Who Considers Running for Office? Eligible Candidates' Nascent Ambition | p. 37 |
Predicting Nascent Ambition: The Null Effects of the Political Opportunity Structure | p. 40 |
Dynamic Ambition in the Candidate Eligibility Pool | p. 42 |
Conclusion | p. 48 |
Barack Obama and 18 Million Cracks in the Glass Ceiling: Sex, Race, and Political Ambition | p. 49 |
The Politics of Exclusion: Sex, Race, and the Conventional Explanations for Numeric Underrepresentation | p. 53 |
Sex, Race, and Political Ambition: Existing Literature and Competing Expectations | p. 57 |
Similarities in Political Participation, Proximity, and Interest: An Overview by Sex and Race | p. 60 |
Sex, Race, and Interest in Running for Office | p. 66 |
Sex, Race, and Changes in Interest in Running for Office: Predicting Dynamic Ambition | p. 73 |
Conclusion | p. 74 |
You Could Be President Someday! Early Socialization, the Role of Family, and Political Ambition | p. 77 |
In the Genes: The Lifelong Effects of a Politicized Upbringing | p. 78 |
The Influence of Family Structures and Roles on Political Ambition | p. 86 |
Changes in Family Circumstances: Predicting Dynamic Ambition | p. 99 |
Conclusion | p. 102 |
On-the-job Training: Professional Circumstances and the Decision to Run for Office | p. 104 |
Professional Differences and Political Ambition in the Candidate Eligibility Pool: A Bivariate Analysis | p. 106 |
The Role of Income and Financial Success | p. 110 |
The Role of Professionally Conferred Political Proximity | p. 114 |
The Role of Professional Credentials and Qualifications | p. 117 |
A Side Note on the Gender Gap in Perceptions of Qualifications | p. 121 |
The Impact of Professional Circumstances on Political Ambition: Multivariate Results | p. 124 |
Changes in Professional Circumstances: Predicting Dynamic Ambition | p. 129 |
Conclusion | p. 133 |
You Think I Should Run for Office? Political Parties, Political Recruitment, and Political Ambition | p. 135 |
Eligible Candidates' Political Attitudes and Partisanship | p. 137 |
Who Gets Asked to Run for Office? | p. 142 |
Political Recruitment and Considering a Candidacy | p. 150 |
Changes in Relationships With and About the Political Parties: Predicting Dynamic Ambition | p. 155 |
Conclusion | p. 161 |
Biting the Bullet: Deciding to Run for Office | p. 164 |
So Many Reasons Not to Run for Office: Negative Perceptions of the Electoral Environment and the Campaign Process | p. 166 |
Fundraising as a Deterrent to Running for Office | p. 170 |
Invasion of Privacy as a Deterrent to Running for Office | p. 172 |
Negative Campaigning as a Deterrent to Running for Office | p. 174 |
Expressing That Ambition: The Decision to Enter an Actual Race | p. 176 |
The Role of the Political Opportunity Structure | p. 185 |
Conclusion | p. 186 |
Future Patterns of Candidate Emergence and Studies of Political Ambition | p. 188 |
Summary of the Findings: Contemporary Patterns of Candidate Emergence | p. 190 |
Implications for Candidate Emergence and the Study of Political Ambition | p. 195 |
The Citizen Political Ambition Panel Study | p. 201 |
The First Wave Survey (2001) | p. 204 |
The Second Wave Survey (2008) | p. 217 |
The First Wave Interview Questionnaire | p. 229 |
The Second Wave Interview Questionnaire | p. 234 |
Coding of Variables | p. 239 |
Works Cited | p. 251 |
Index | p. 269 |
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