Gender differences in the decision to run for school board

American Politics Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 541-563

  Deckman, Melissa ^a  

^a WASHINGTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Candidate recruitment; Gender; Local politics; Political candidates; School board elections; Women and politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250638598     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X07299196     Document Type: Article

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