New PDF release: Becoming a Candidate

By Jennifer L. Lawless

turning into a Candidate: Political Ambition and the choice to Run for place of work explores the criteria that force political ambition on the earliest phases. utilizing info from a complete survey of millions of eligible applicants, Jennifer L. Lawless systematically investigates what compels convinced voters to pursue optionally available positions and others to balk on the thought. Lawless assesses own components, equivalent to race, gender and family members dynamics, that have an effect on an eligible candidate's chance of contemplating a run for workplace. She additionally makes a speciality of eligible applicants' expert lives and attitudes towards the political system.

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