Paulina S Cossette, Stephen C Craig

Politicians Behaving Badly

Men, Women, and the Politics of Sexual Harassment

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines citizens' attitudes about sexual harassment in the #MeToo era. It looks at the political costs incurred when a member of Congress is accused of harassment and seeks to determine whether those costs vary according to the politician's party affiliation, gender, and response to the allegations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9780367427993
• ISBN-10: 0367427990
• Artikelnr.: 58410834

Autorenporträt

Paulina S. Cossette (PhD University of Florida) was most recently Assistant Professor of Political Science at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland. Her research interests include the United States Congress, political parties and polarization, and campaigns and elections. She served as American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow for 2014-15 and is currently writing a book on bipartisan collaboration in the United States House and Senate. Stephen C. Craig (PhD Northwestern University) is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Graduate Program in Political Campaigning at the University of Florida. He is author of The Malevolent Leaders: Popular Discontent in America, editor or co-editor of five books including The Electoral Challenge: Theory Meets Practice, and has published numerous articles and book chapters dealing with attitude measurement, campaign effects, and various other aspects of contemporary public opinion and political behavior in the United States.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Politicians and Many Others Behaving Badly 2. The Political Cost of
Scandal 3. Surviving Scandal (Or Not): Image Repair 4. Sexism and Sexual
Harassment in the #MeToo Era 5. The Political Costs of Harassment: An
Empirical Test 6. The Politics of Sexual Harassment: Unanswered Questions