Politicians Behaving Badly

This book examines citizens' attitudes about sexual harassment in the #MeToo era, seeking to determine how much these attitudes may have changed over the past few years. Using an innovative experimental research design, the authors look at how people react to allegations of harassment made against a fictional member of Congress. They consider whether those reactions vary with the offender's party affiliation, gender, and response to the allegations. Appropriate for students, scholars, and general readers alike, this book offers a timely analysis of an important political issue.

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.

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

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