It still takes a candidate: Why women don’t run for office

It Still Takes a Candidate: Why Women don't Run for office

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-239

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

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511778797     Document Type: Book

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