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Davidson-Schmich, Louise. "Gender and Political Ambition Revisited: What Questions Does American Politics Research Raise for Western Europeanists?" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott, Loews Philadelphia, and the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA, Aug 31, 2006 <Not Available>. 2011-03-13 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p167975_index.html>

Davidson-Schmich, L. K. , 2006-08-31 "Gender and Political Ambition Revisited: What Questions Does American Politics Research Raise for Western Europeanists?" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott, Loews Philadelphia, and the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2011-03-13 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p167975_index.html

Publication Type: Proceeding Abstract: This paper reviews the different approaches scholars have used to explain women’s political underrepresentation in long-term democracies. Scholars of American politics often study political ambition and attribute the dearth of women in U.S. politics to American women’s lack of desire for a political career. In contrast, comparativists focusing on western Europe have attributed variation in women’s political representation to structural factors such as the electoral or party system in a given country. Here I combine the two approaches and ask how political institutions condition women’s political ambition cross nationally. Using preliminary evidence I hypothesize that the use of gender quotas may work to increase women’s political ambition in countries that use them. Alternatively, even if women remain less politically ambitious than men in such settings, women’s legislative representation may be improved by forcing political parties to deliberately seek out the available ambitious women in order to fill their quotas.

Where Women Run: Gender, Political Parties, and State Legislative Elections

Political Parties, Women's Groups and the Recruitment and Advancement of Women Candidates for Elective Office