The limits of leaning in: ambition, recruitment, and candidate training in comparative perspective

• Published in: Politics, groups & identities Vol. 7; no. 4; pp. 817 - 828
• Main Author: Piscopo, Jennifer M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 02.10.2019; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Ambition; American politics; Aspiration; Candidates; comparative; Educational programs; elections; gender; institutions; Political participation; Recruitment; Training; Wisdom; Women

The conventional wisdom suggests that women have less political ambition than men. The notion that women can solve the problem of their political underrepresentation by just "leaning in" also informs candidate training programs. This article links scholarship on women's candidate emer...