All roads lead to power : appointed and elected paths to public office for US women /
We are accustomed to hearing about a gender gap in politics. The low representation of women in elected office is well-documented and typically attributed to institutional barriers, discrimination and differences in political ambition due to socialized gender norms. The problem with this narrative,...
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| Language: | English |
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Lawrence :
University Press of Kansas,
[2019]
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| Series: | Studies in government and public policy.
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Table of Contents:
- Reconceptualizing women and public service
- The men and women in elected and appointed office at the state level
- You should be appointed : political recruitment for state-level appointed officials
- Why hold public office? : appointed officials' motivations to hold public office
- Where do I go from here? : the political ambitions of appointed officeholders
- Considering the other pathway : appointed officials' interest in elected office
- A different perspective : recruitment, motivations, and ambitions of state elected officials
- How to be the nonpolitical public servant.