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List of Tables | p. ix |
List of Figures | p. xi |
Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
Electoral Politics: Still a Man's World? | p. 1 |
Representation, Equality, and the Study of Gender in Electoral Politics | p. 5 |
Traditional Gender Socialization in the Context of U.S. Politics: The Central Argument and Its Implications | p. 8 |
Traditional Family Role Orientations | p. 9 |
Masculinized Ethos | p. 10 |
Gendered Psyche | p. 12 |
Organization of the Book | p. 14 |
Explaining Women's Emergence in the Political Arena | p. 18 |
Women and Elective Office: The Numbers | p. 20 |
Existing Explanations for Women's Underrepresentation | p. 22 |
Societal Rejection and Cultural Evolution: The Discrimination Explanation | p. 24 |
Institutional Inertia: The Incumbency Explanation | p. 28 |
The Candidate Eligibility Pool: The Pipeline Explanation | p. 30 |
The Missing Piece: Developing a Theory of Gender and Political Ambition | p. 33 |
The Citizen Political Ambition Panel Study | p. 36 |
The Gender Gap in Political Ambition | p. 44 |
Very Much the Same: Gender, Political Participation, Proximity, and Interest | p. 46 |
Very Much Different: Gender and Political Ambition | p. 49 |
Considering a Candidacy | p. 50 |
Deciding to Enter the First Race | p. 55 |
The Persistent Winnowing Effect | p. 56 |
The Gender Gap in Elective Office Preferences | p. 57 |
Conclusion | p. 59 |
Barefoot, Pregnant, and Holding a Law Degree: Family Dynamics and Running for Office | p. 61 |
Raised to Be a Candidate? | p. 64 |
Eligible Candidates' Family Structures and Roles | p. 69 |
Wife, Mother, and Candidate? Family Roles as Impediments to Political Ambition | p. 76 |
Are Times Changing? Generational Differences in Political Ambition | p. 84 |
Conclusion | p. 87 |
Gender, Party, and Political Recruitment | p. 89 |
Eligible Candidates' Political Attitudes and Partisanship | p. 91 |
Who Gets Asked to Run for Office? | p. 95 |
The Gender Gap in Political Recruitment | p. 97 |
The Role of Women's Organizations | p. 103 |
Political Recruitment and Considering a Candidacy | p. 106 |
Conclusion | p. 110 |
"I'm Just Not Qualified": Gendered Self-Perceptions of Candidate Viability | p. 112 |
The Gender Gap in Self-Perceived Qualifications and Its Impact on Political Ambition | p. 114 |
Explanations for the Gender Gap in Self-Perceived Qualifications | p. 122 |
The Sexist Environment | p. 122 |
Gender Differences in Defining Political Qualifications | p. 126 |
Different Yardsticks for Gauging Political Qualifications | p. 131 |
Conclusion | p. 134 |
Taking the Plunge: Deciding to Run for Office | p. 136 |
Why Would Anyone Run for Office? Negative Perceptions of the Electoral Environment and the Campaign Process | p. 138 |
Gender and the Decision to Enter a Race | p. 145 |
A Side Note on Political Culture and Structural Factors | p. 154 |
Prospective Interest in Running for Office | p. 157 |
Conclusion | p. 161 |
Gender and the Future of Electoral Politics | p. 163 |
Summarizing the Findings and Forecasting Women's Representation | p. 164 |
Recasting the Study of Gender and Elections | p. 171 |
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The First-Wave Survey (2001) | p. 180 |
The Second-Wave Survey (2008) | p. 191 |
The Interview Questionnaire | p. 202 |
Variable Coding | p. 207 |
Works Cited | p. 213 |
Index | p. 231 |
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