It Takes a Candidate Paperback: Why Women Don't Run for Office - Softcover

' ... an excellent contribution to the study of gender and US politics and provides insight into the subtle socialization processes that underlie and reinforce the structural factors commonly analyzed in discussions of women's political representation in the USA.' International Feminist Journal of Politics

Jennifer Lawless received her Ph.D. from Stanford University in 2003. She is currently an assistant professor of political science at Brown University, with a courtesy appointment at the Taubman Center for Public Policy. Her teaching and research focus on gender politics, electoral politics, and public opinion. She has published numerous articles in academic journals, such as The American Journal of Political Science, Political Research Quarterly, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Social Problems, and Women and Politics. She is also the lead author of a public policy report used by EMILY's List, Emerge, and the Women's Campaign School at Yale to help promote and recruit women candidates. Dr Lawless has become a recognized speaker on the subject of women candidates, frequently discussing these issues on national and local television and radio outlets.