ISBN:
9781439919576
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (325 pages)
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Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Who Runs? -- 1. What If Women Won't Run? Exploring Gender Gaps in Elite Political Ambition | Karen O'Connor and Alixandra B. Yanus -- 2. Who Runs? Data from Women Trained as Candidates | Rachel I. Bernhard, Shauna L. Shames, Rachel Silbermann, and Dawn Langan Teele -- 3. Political Ambition, Structural Obstacles, and the Fate of Republican Women | Malliga Och -- 4. Who Is Stacey Abrams? An Examination of Gender and Race Dynamics in State-Level Candidacy | Jamil Scott, Kesicia Dickinson, and Pearl K. Dowe -- Part II: Why Run? -- 5. Ambition for Office: Women and Policy-making | Sue Thomas and Catherine Wineinger -- 6. From Civic Mindedness to Electoral Politics: Citizen Advisory Committees and the Decision to Run for School Board | Rebecca E. Deen and Beth Anne Shelton -- 7 Youth National Service and Women's Political Ambition: The Case of Teach For America | Cecilia Hyunjung Mo and Georgia Anderson-Nilsson -- Part III: Why Not Run? -- 8. The Uneven Geography of Candidate Emergence: How the Expectation of Winning Influences Candidate Emergence | Heather L. Ondercin -- 9. How Political Parties Can Diversify Their Leadership | Alejandra Gimenez Aldridge, Christopher F. Karpowitz, J. Quin Monson, and Jessica Robinson Preece -- 10. Late to the Party: Black Women's Inconsistent Support from Political Parties | Nadia E. Brown and Pearl K. Dowe -- 11. Women's Political Ambition and the 2016 Election | Chris W. Bonneau and Kristin Kanthak -- Part IV: How Nonprofits Help Women Run for Office -- 12. Women Candidate Recruitment Groups in the States | Rebecca Kreitzer and Tracy Osborn -- 13. Are You Ready to Run®? Campaign Trainings and Women's Candidacies in New Jersey | Kira Sanbonmatsu and Kelly Dittmar.
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