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Sex Scandals, Gender, and Power in Contemporary American Politics
Sex Scandals, Gender, and Power in Contemporary American Politics
The increasing tabloidization of politics and focus on politicians involved in sex scandals is both problematic and important. This book examines how gender impacts political sex s...
Lockheed (1977) and Flick (1981–1986)
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This chapter concentrates on two large political corruption scandals—Lockheed and Flick—in two countries that are commonly seen as relatively corruption-free: the Netherlands and G...
Understanding The Great Gatsby
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Today, more than 70 years after its publication,The Great Gatsbyseems as fresh and pertinent to American life as it did in the 1920s. The social, cultural, and historical milieu of...
Historical Hollywood
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This chapter singles out accounts of three eras that have preoccupied backstudios. First it looks at films that depict fictionalized versions of real Hollywood scandals from the ea...
Bobby Jones, Southern Identity, and the Preservation of Privilege
Bobby Jones, Southern Identity, and the Preservation of Privilege
This chapter examines the recent Tiger Woods affair by using 1920s golfing icon Bobby Jones and the sense of southern identity and white privilege that he personified. During the 2...
The SOX and Dodd-Frank Acts—Modern Federal Corporate Governance Initiatives
The SOX and Dodd-Frank Acts—Modern Federal Corporate Governance Initiatives
In response to several corporate scandals, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) implemented substantive corporate governance mandates that were adopted as federal law. It focused o...