More women can run gender and pathways to the state legislatures

This book advances a new approach for understanding women's election to office, challenging assumptions of a single model of candidate emergence and the necessity for women to assimilate to men's pathways to office. The authors argue that a relationally embedded model of candidate emergenc...

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Main Authors: Carroll, Susan J., Sanbonmatsu, Kira (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2013, 2013
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This book advances a new approach for understanding women's election to office, challenging assumptions of a single model of candidate emergence and the necessity for women to assimilate to men's pathways to office. The authors argue that a relationally embedded model of candidate emergence better captures women's decision-making than an ambition framework in which candidacy is self-initiated
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9780199367641