The Missing Majority: The Recruitment of Women as State Legislative Candidates

by David Niven

In America, women are the clear majority of the electorate and the clear minority of elected officials overall. In 1997, women held only 21% of the seats at the state legislative level. This study finds that a significant and overlooked culprit acting to limit women's state legislative candidacies is the political party elite. Surveys of county party chairs and potential women legislative candidates were used to investigate the interaction between...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275960730
• ISBN13: 9780275960735
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"