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Gender Dynamics in Congressional Elections.(Review) (book review)

American Political Science Review,  September, 1999  by Burrell, Barbara C.

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Gender Dynamics in Congressional Elections. By Richard Logan Fox. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1997. 229p. $54.00 cloth, $24.95 paper.

Research approaches that have examined electoral behavior by candidates and by voters have found few differences between the campaigns of men and women in recent elections. The emphasis has been on the fact that "when women run, women win" at least as much as men in similar situations. Men and women run similar campaigns for public office. Because of the advantages of incumbency, few women have had the opportunity to mount viable ...

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