Who Runs?: The Masculine Advantage in Candidate Emergence

by Meredith Conroy, Sarah Oliver, Sarah Oliver

To explain women's underrepresentation in American politics, researchers have directed their attention to differences between men and women, especially during the candidate emergence process, which includes recruitment, perception of qualifications, and political ambition. Although these previous analyses have shown that consistent dissimilarities likely explain why men outnumber women in government, they have overlooked a more explicit role for gender...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472132105
• ISBN13: 9780472132102
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"