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Title

Scandals in past and contemporary politics / edited by John Garrard & James L. Newell.

Publication

Manchester, UK ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2006.

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Additional Authors

• Garrard, John.
• Newell, James

Description

xii, 242 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

• "There have been many books on individual 'affairs' and causes celebres of various kinds, but considerably fewer on the social and historical significance of political scandal in general. Yet, the phenomenon has recently emerged as a key new area of study. This is partly because of the exposure of political corruption and the growth of corruption scandals in advanced democracies since the 1980s, which have made clear that scandals are a typical phenomenon of the modern age."
• "This book, edited by a historian and a political scientist, combines the two disciplines to examine the constant and changing features of political scandal over the past three centuries. It draws on work by a distinguished international team of scholars to explore the phenomenon both in general terms and as evidenced in Britain, Ireland, France, Belgium, Italy, Greece, Russia, the USA and Australia. It also offers a fascinating 'insider's account' of the role of the press in the reporting - and indeed manufacture - of some of the most memorable scandals of recent years.
• Though their content has changed greatly over time, the assumption is that scandals also have certain enduring features in terms of their character, the conditions under which they occur, their evolution and effects. They also have much to tell us about the societies in which they occur." "Primarily directed at undergraduate and postgraduate students, the book will be useful for academics with an interest in corruption and scandal. It will also be of interest to anyone concerned about an increasingly conspicuous feature of modern liberal democratic societies."--Jacket.

Subject

• Scandals
• Political corruption

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Scandals : an overview / John Garrard -- Understanding the wave of scandal in contemporary Western Europe / Véronique Pujas -- Political scandals and political development in the United States / Robert Williams -- A journalist looks at political scandal / Chris Moncrieff -- 'Keeping the bastards honest' : Australia and the investigation of political scandal / Jenny Fleming -- Payments for no political response? Political corruption and tribunals of inquiry in Ireland, 1991-2003 / Gary Murphy -- Sex, lies and audiotapes : the Watergate and Monica Lewinsky scandals in American politics / Eric M. Uslaner -- Political scandals and crisis management in Greece, 1821-2001 / Kleomenis S. Koutsoukis -- Scandal in a scandalous age : the impeachment and trial of Warren Hastings, 1788-95 / Robin Theobald -- Diamonds and videotape : political scandals and the presidents of the Fifth French Republic / Hélène Bilger-Street and Marion Demoissier -- Contaminated blood and political scandal in Ireland / Anne-Maree Farrell -- The role of scandals in post-Communist Russia / Julia Wishnevsky -- How far and why do corruption scandals cost votes? / Fernando Jiménez and Miguel Caínzos -- How scandals affect the values and policies of decision makers / Jeroen Maesschalck.

ISBN

0719065518 (hbk.)

LCCN

• ^^2006296129
• 9780719065514 (hbk.)

OCLC

• 61425440
• SCSB-10497669

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library