If only they'd ask: Gender, recruitment, and political ambition

Journal of Politics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 310-326

  Fox, Richard L ^a   Lawless, Jennifer L ^b  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77951218766     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022381609990752     Document Type: Article

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