This book documents the emergence of a new pattern of political instability in Latin America.
Traditional military coups have receded in the region, but elected presidents are still ousted …

La estabilización de regímenes democráticos en Latinoamérica durante las últimas dos
décadas dio lugar a un amplio emprendimiento académico en que diferentes estudiosos …

References Page 1 Aaronovitch, David. 1996. “The Scott Report: Contempt and Content for a
Crime Without Punishment.” The Independent, February 16. Retrieved August 3, 2008, from …

Despite its importance in contemporary American politics, presidential scandal is poorly
understood within political science. Scholars typically interpret scandals as resulting from …

This article represents the first attempt to examine the effects of political scandals via meta-
analysis. Seventy-eight studies, collectively including more than 54,000 participants, were …

We study a model that characterizes the conditions under which past misbehavior becomes
the subject of present scandal, with consequences for both the implicated politician and the …

Political science research is conflicted about the impact of political scandals on survival in
office. Scholars have found strong negative impacts to some scandals but others have found …

When political scandals erupt in the press, we usually blame misconduct by public officials,
but these episodes are political events whose occurrence and severity also depend in part …

Which factors shorten or lengthen the survival of a scandal involving a chief executive?
Using new data tracking scandals involving presidents and governors from 1972 to 2011, I …

Watergate, Iran-Contra, Lewinsky, Enron, Bridgegate: according to the popular media,
executive scandals are ubiquitous. Although individual scandals persist in the public …