CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. INTRODUCTION The Death of Scandal? 1
5. 1 STUDYING SCANDAL 27
6. 2 WEATHERING THE STORM 57
7. 3 HOW POLARIZATION MINIMIZES SCANDALS 93
8. 4 EVERYTHING IS A SCANDAL THESE DAYS 118
9. 5 THE EFFECTS OF SCANDALS ON POLITICAL LEGACIES 130
10. CONCLUSION Why Scandals Are Good (and Why We Need Them) 149
11. NOTES 169
12. INDEX 201