Are There Social Class Gaps in Nascent Political Ambition? Survey Evidence from the Americas.

Why do so few working-class citizens go on to hold elected office in democracies? This article tests an explanation motivated by the larger literature on descriptive representation, namely, differences in nascent ambition. Are workers less likely to be personally inclined to run? In this study, we u...

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Publicado en:	Journal of Politics Vol. 87; no. 4; pp. 1533 - 1546
Autores principales:	Carnes, Nicholas, Lupu, Noam
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	University of Chicago Press Oct2025
Materias:	Class differences Gender inequality Working class Motivation (Psychology) Social classes Comparative government
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