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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 | |