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Politicians Behaving Badly: The Determinants and Outcomes of Political Scandal in Post-Watergate America

Bryner, Sarah McKinnon
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1387805018

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2014, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Political Science.
Scandals occur frequently in American politics. In this dissertation, I attempt to explore the concept of scandal in the post-Watergate era, by both creating a large database of political scandals and by exploring individual reactions to constructed scandals. I find that scandals tend to occur in bodies where politicians have greater access to power, that incumbency generally tends to protect politicians from electoral defeat, and that shared partisanship between individuals and the politicians involved in scandal protects the politician, but that this relationship is mediated by the role of emotions. Throughout, I discuss the potential role the media may play in the creation and mediation of scandal.
Kathleen McGraw (Advisor)
Thomas Nelson (Committee Member)
Nathaniel Swigger (Committee Member)
204 p.
Political Science
scandal, political science, experiments, morality, corruption

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  • Bryner, S. M. (2014). Politicians Behaving Badly: The Determinants and Outcomes of Political Scandal in Post-Watergate America [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1387805018

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Bryner, Sarah. Politicians Behaving Badly: The Determinants and Outcomes of Political Scandal in Post-Watergate America. 2014. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1387805018.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Bryner, Sarah. "Politicians Behaving Badly: The Determinants and Outcomes of Political Scandal in Post-Watergate America." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1387805018

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