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Scandals : an overview / John Garrard -- Understanding the wave of scandal in contemporary Western Europe / Véronique Pujas -- Political scandals and political development in the United States / Robert Williams -- A journalist looks at political scandal / Chris Moncrieff -- 'Keeping the bastards honest' : Australia and the investigation of political scandal / Jenny Fleming -- Payments for no political response? Political corruption and tribunals of inquiry in Ireland, 1991-2003 / Gary Murphy -- Sex, lies and audiotapes : the Watergate and Monica Lewinsky scandals in American politics / Eric M. Uslaner -- Political scandals and crisis management in Greece, 1821-2001 / Kleomenis S. Koutsoukis -- Scandal in a scandalous age : the impeachment and trial of Warren Hastings, 1788-95 / Robin Theobald -- Diamonds and videotape : political scandals and the presidents of the Fifth French Republic / Hélène Bilger-Street and Marion Demoissier -- Contaminated blood and political scandal in Ireland / Anne-Maree Farrell -- The role of scandals in post-Communist Russia / Julia Wishnevsky -- How far and why do corruption scandals cost votes? / Fernando Jiménez and Miguel Caínzos -- How scandals affect the values and policies of decision makers / Jeroen Maesschalck

Cover -- Democratisation in Britain -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Democratisation and Liberalisation: A Legislative Diary -- Introduction -- 1 The Old System -- 2 The Process of Inclusion -- 3 The Role of British Political Elites -- 4 The Political Fitness of Middle-Class Males -- 5 Working Men and Political Fitness: Access to Civil Society -- 6 Working Men and Political Fitness: Internal Self-Governance -- 7 Women and Political Fitness -- 8 The Democratisation of Political Behaviour -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index.