Becoming a candidate : political ambition and the decision to run for office /
Becoming a Candidate: Political Ambition and the Decision to Run for Office explores the factors that drive political ambition at the earliest stages. Using data from a comprehensive survey of thousands of eligible candidates, Jennifer L. Lawless systematically investigates what compels certain citi...
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Mudslinging, money-grubbing, and mayhem: who would ever run for office?
- 2. The decision to run for office: the theoretical and methodological approach
- 3. Political ambition in the candidate eligibility pool
- 4. Barack Obama and 18 million cracks in the glass ceiling: sex, race, and political ambition
- 5. You could be president someday! early socialization, the role of family, and political ambition
- 6. On-the-job training: professional circumstances and the decision to run for office
- 7. You think I should run for office? political parties, political recruitment, and political ambition
- 8. Biting the bullet: deciding to run for office
- 9. Future patterns of candidate emergence and studies of political ambition.