More Shopping OptionsThe exposure of political corruption and the growth of scandals in advanced democracies since the 1980s has made clear that scandals are a typical phenomenon of the modern age. John Garrard examines the social and historical significance of scandals in this insightful study.
John Garrard is Senior Lecturer in Politics and Contemporary History at the University of Salford. James L. Newell is Reader in Politics at the University of Salford.
Introduction--James L. Newell * PART ONE: THEORETICAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES * Scandals: an overview--John Garrard * Understanding the wave of scandal in contemporary Western Europe--Veronique Pujas * Political scandals and political development in the United States--Robert Williams * II. WHAT SCANDALS ARE AND HOW THEY UNFOLD * 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 * III. WHY SCANDALS EMERGE AND WHAT THEY INDICATE * 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 * IV. THE RESULTS AND FUNCTIONS OF SCANDALS * The role of scandals in post-communist Russia--Julia Wishnevsky * How and why do corruption scandals cost votes?--Fernando Jiménez and Miguel Caínzos * How scandals affect the values and policies of decision makers--Jeroen Maesschalck
