CONTENTS

List of Tables and Figures

Acknowledgments

1. Good Reasons Not to Run

2. Political Ambition: What It Means and Why We Should Care

3. The Costs of Running

4. The Rewards of Running

5. Weighing the Costs and Rewards of Political Careers

6. Inefficient and Unappealing Politics: Women and Candidate Deterrence

7. Not Our Kind of Game: Women of Color and the Impact of High Costs and Low Rewards

8. Change the System, Change the Candidates

Appendix: Methodology

Notes

References

Index

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