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| List of Tables | |
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| List of Figures | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Electoral Politics: Still a Man's World? | |
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| Representation, Equality, and the Study of Gender in Electoral Politics | |
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| Traditional Gender Socialization in the Context of U.S. Politics: The Central Argument and Its Implications | |
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| Traditional Family Role Orientations | |
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| Masculinized Ethos | |
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| Gendered Psyche | |
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| Organization of the Book | |
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| Explaining Women's Emergence in the Political Arena | |
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| Women and Elective Politics: The Numbers | |
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| Existing Explanations for Women's Underrepresentation | |
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| Societal Rejection and Cultural Evolution: The Discrimination Explanation | |
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| Institutional Inertia: The Incumbency Explanation | |
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| The Candidate Eligibility Pool: The Pipeline Explanation | |
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| The Missing Piece: Developing a Theory of Gender and Political Ambition | |
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| The Citizen Political Ambition Study | |
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| The Gender Gap in Political Ambition | |
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| Very Much the Same: Gender, Political Participation, and Political Interest | |
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| Very Much Different: Gender and Political Ambition | |
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| Considering a Candidacy | |
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| Deciding to Enter the First Race | |
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| The "Winnowing Effect" | |
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| The Gender Gap in Elective Office Preferences | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Barefoot, Pregnant, and Holding a Law Degree: Family Dynamics and Running for Office | |
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| Raised to Be a Candidate? | |
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| Eligible Candidates' Family Structures and Roles | |
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| Wife, Mother, and Candidate? Family Roles as Impediments to Political Ambition | |
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| Are Times Changing? Generational Differences in Political Ambition | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Gender, Party, and Political Recruitment | |
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| Eligible Candidates' Political Attitudes and Partisanship | |
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| Who Gets Asked to Run for Office? | |
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| Political Recruitment and Considering a Candidacy | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| "I'm Just Not Qualified": Gendered Self-Perceptions of Candidate Viability | |
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| The Impact of Self-Perceived Qualifications on Political Ambition | |
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| Explanations for the Gender Gap in Self-Perceived Qualifications | |
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| The Sexist Environment | |
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| Gender Differences in Defining Political Qualifications | |
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| Different Yardsticks for Gauging Political Qualifications | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Taking the Plunge: Deciding to Run for Office | |
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| Why Would Anyone Run for Office? Negative Perceptions of the Electoral Environment and Campaign Process | |
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| Gender and the Decision to Enter a Race | |
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| A Side Note on Political Culture and "Structural" Factors | |
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| Prospective Interest in Running for Office | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Gender and the Future of Electoral Politics | |
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| Summarizing the Findings and Forecasting Women's Representation | |
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| Recasting the Study of Gender and Elections | |
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| The Citizen Political Ambition Study Sample Design and Data Collection | |
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| The Survey | |
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| The Interview Questionnaire | |
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| Variable Coding | |
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| Works Cited | |