Presidents and political scandal : managing scandal in the modern era / Richard P. Barberio.

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Presidents and political scandal : managing scandal in the modern era / Richard P. Barberio.

9783030455040 (electronic book)
3030455041 (electronic book)
3030455033
9783030455033

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]

English

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10.1007/978-3-030-45504-0 doi

JK516 .B37 2020

353.460973

This book explores presidential power through an analysis of the ways that U.S. presidents attempt to manage scandals. While presidents routinely stonewall to block or limit investigations into their alleged transgressions or, in some cases, cooperate with investigators, this book proposes the existence of a third way of responding to scandals--a "backfire" or the creation of a counter-scandal to try to extinguish the original scandal. The existence of possible backfires is surveyed through case studies of the major scandals that impacted the Nixon, Reagan, Clinton, and Trump administrations. The development of this form of scandal response has meaningful implications concerning the growth of presidential power and its impacts on the functioning of the U.S. political system and the quality of American democracy. Changes in partisanship, the media environment, and the publics view of the presidency and government are topics covered in the books explanation of the trends in scandal responses.

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Evolving American presidency.

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