
Scandal
Why Politicians Survive Controversy in a Partisan Era
Columbia University Press
ISBN 978-0-231-21881-8
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Buch. Hardcover
2025
In englischer Sprache
Umfang: 224 S.
Format (B x L): 15,2 x 22,9 cm
Verlag: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 978-0-231-21881-8
Produktbeschreibung
Charting the changes from Watergate to the present, this book is a rigorous and compelling investigation of the politics of scandals. Bringing together wide-ranging survey data, innovative experiment design, and historical analysis, Brandon Rottinghaus demonstrates how political polarization, affective partisanship, fading trust in media, and the spread of misinformation have diminished the resonance of controversies. Although scandals still fell many politicians, there is a clear trend over time for fewer voters to be swayed by them. In a polarized world, scandals take only a modest toll on politicians’ approval ratings, survival in office, ambitions, and legacies. In many cases, partisans accept—or even embrace—misbehavior from members of their own party and revel in scandals affecting the opposing party. Challenging conventional wisdom with extensive data, this book illuminates the declining significance of scandals and the consequences for democratic accountability.
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