Scandalogy 4 Political Scandals in the Age of Populism, Partisanship, and Polarization

This volume examines the growing presence of populism, partisanship, and polarization and analyzes what this means for scandalization processes. While politics appears to have entered a mode of perpetual crisis and growing dysfunctionality, the rapid succession of scandals may be a symptom of this c...

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Other Authors: Haller, André (Editor), Michael, Hendrik (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer Nature Switzerland 2023, 2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Part 1: Populism and Political Scandals
  • Chapter 2. Performance, Celebrity Populism, Fiction and Democracy
  • Chapter 3. Two Faces of Zoran Milanovic
  • Chapter 4. But Some Scandals Are More Scandalous Than Others
  • Part 2: Outrage, Lionization, and Resistance in a Polarized Public
  • Chapter 5. Scandal or Lionization
  • Chapter 6. Inappropriateness as the Ultimate Resistance
  • Chapter 7. Holding Out for a Hero
  • Chapter 8. The Many Deaths of Domitian
  • Part 3: Partisanship, Scandals, and Political Culture
  • Chapter 9. America’s First Sex Scandal
  • Chapter 10. Leader Prototypicality in Party Punishment
  • Chapter 11. Forty Years of Political Scandals in Germany