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Chapter 1:- Introduction -- Chapter 2:- Scandal: the causes, the problems and the outcomes -- Chapter 3:- Twentieth century issues: the lessons of the past -- Chapter 4:- Spitzer: the downfall of a governor -- Chapter 5:- John Edwards: the chaos of the cover-up -- Chapter 6:- Mark Sanford : hiking in Appalachia -- Chapter 7:- Anthony Weiner: the perils of social media -- Chapter 8:- Donald Trump: the Teflon don -- Chapter 9:- Conclusion.

Bipartisanship has become so associated with the conduct of foreign policy that partisanship has virtually been forgotten. In this persuasive study of senatorial politics, Malcolm E. Jewell reasserts the importance of partisanship, arguing that increased party responsibility is the best guarantee for the establishment of sound policy and for the continued support of policy once established. The author bases his conclusions on a study of the Senate during the Truman and Eisenhower administrations.

The Guinean state has not only been shaped and reshaped by the political elite, but also by people's daily actions. Women selling at Dibida market in Kankan, the stronghold of Guinea's current President Alpha Condé, are doing politics although in interviews they often deny to do so. Thus, I propose to focus on these women's everyday agency so as to reveal their modes of political articulation and to illustrate how they influence governmental discourses and practices. Drawing on ethnographic research, I highlight the phenomenon of everyday politics by focussing on Kankan's market women's interactions with the local government represented by actors such as tax collectors, members of the market office, and other administrative employees. The aim is to gain insight into modes of political articulations that are hardly visible, hence difficult to grasp and analyse. I illustrate that market women, despite not forming a strong network, are able to put pressure on the local government by their sheer number and can thus sometimes pursue their goals.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- One. Elites, foreigners, and government in Mexico, 1877-1940 -- Two. Mexican entrepreneurs -- Three. Mexico versus the seven kings: the railroad consolidation, 1902-1910 -- Four. Foreign landowners -- Five. The corralitos company -- Six. Foreign mining entrepreneurs -- Seven. The American smelting and refining company in mexico, 1890-1940 -- Eight. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index