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Diamonds and videotape: political scandals and the presidents of the Fifth French Republic

Diamonds and videotape: political scandals and the presidents of the Fifth French Republic
Diamonds and videotape: political scandals and the presidents of the Fifth French Republic
There have been many books on individual affairs of various kinds, but considerably fewer on the social and historical significance of political scandal in general. Yet, the phenomenon has recently emerged as a key new area of study. This is partly because of the exposure of political corruption and the growth of corruption scandals in advanced democracies since the 1980s, which have made clear that scandals are a typical phenomenon of the modern age
9780719065514
151-162
Manchester University Press
Demossier, Marion
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Bilger-Street, H.
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Garrard, John
Newell, James L.
Demossier, Marion
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Bilger-Street, H.
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Garrard, John
Newell, James L.

Demossier, Marion and Bilger-Street, H. (2005) Diamonds and videotape: political scandals and the presidents of the Fifth French Republic. In, Garrard, John and Newell, James L. (eds.) Scandals in Past and Contemporary Politics. Manchester, GB. Manchester University Press, pp. 151-162.

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There have been many books on individual affairs of various kinds, but considerably fewer on the social and historical significance of political scandal in general. Yet, the phenomenon has recently emerged as a key new area of study. This is partly because of the exposure of political corruption and the growth of corruption scandals in advanced democracies since the 1980s, which have made clear that scandals are a typical phenomenon of the modern age

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Published date: 1 December 2005
Organisations: Modern Languages

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Local EPrints ID: 210743
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/210743
ISBN: 9780719065514
PURE UUID: 6425d175-ed7e-4ae9-820b-40bd0e851582
ORCID for Marion Demossier: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-6075-1461

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Date deposited: 23 Mar 2012 11:30
Last modified: 11 Dec 2021 04:35

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Author: H. Bilger-Street
Editor: John Garrard
Editor: James L. Newell

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