Political scandal : power and visibility in the media age / John B. Thompson.
Political scandal : power and visibility in the media age / John B. Thompson.
Political scandal : power and visibility in the media age / John B. Thompson.
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Publisher
Cambridge : Polity Press ; Malden, MA : Blackwell, 2000.
Date
2000.
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N306.2/ 61
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiii, 324 p. : ill., ports., facsims ; 23 cm.
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Publisher
Cambridge : Polity Press ; Malden, MA : Blackwell, 2000.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2000.
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"Distinguishing between three basic types of political scandal, Thompson reconstructs the development of sex scandals, financial scandals and what he calls 'power scandals' in Britain and the United States, showing how scandals unfold and how they form part of distinctive political cultures of scandal. In the final chapter, Thompson develops an ori...
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Political scandal : power and visibility in the media age / John B. Thompson.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [272]-307) and index.
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N306.2/ 61
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74VvAeAyj30y
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ISBN
0745625509 (pbk.)
9780745625492
0745625495
9780745625508 (pbk.)
DDC
306.2
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991013720129702626
