Run, Women, Run! Female Candidates and Term Limits: A State-Level Analysis
Description:
This dissertation seeks to explain the puzzle in the state politics literature which expects females to benefit from the enactment of term limits, but initial research finds the number of female in office decreases after the implementation of term limits. Examining this puzzle involves three separate stand-alone chapters which explore female candidate emergence (1), success rates (2), and women-friendly state legislative districts (3). The goal of the dissertation is to reconcile the puzzle whi…
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Date:
August 2016
Creator:
Pettey, Samantha
Partner:
UNT Libraries