Aftermath : : The Clinton Impeachment and the Presidency in the Age of Political Spectacle / / Leonard V. Kaplan; ed. by Beverly Moran.

• VerfasserIn: Kaplan, Leonard V.,
• MitwirkendeR: Canon, David T.,; Cooper, John Milton,; Elshtain, Jean Bethke,; Gordon, Robert W.,; Joseph, Lawrence,; Kaplan, Leonard V.,; Kennedy, David,; Mayer, Kenneth R.,; Moran, Beverly I.,; Neuhaus, Richard John,; Novak, David,; Oakley, Linda Denise,; Rapaport, Elizabeth,; Rosen, Lawrence,; Rothstein, Eric,; Soifer, Aviam,; Solan, Lawrence M.,; Sunstein, Cass R.,; Toulmin, Stephen,; Trakman, Leon E.,; Tuerkheimer, Frank,; Tushnet, Mark V.,; Weiner, Andrew D.,; West, Robin,
• HerausgeberIn: Moran, Beverly,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2001]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2001
• Language: English
• Series: Critical America ; 7
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

With the specter of prosecution after his term is over and the possibility of disbarment in Arkansas hanging over President Clinton, the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal and the events that have followed it show no sign of abating. The question has become what to do, and how to think, about those eight months. Did the President lie or was it plausible that he had truthfully testified to no sexual relationship? Was the job search for Monica just help for a friend or a sinister means of obtaining silence? Even if all the charges were true, did impeachment follow or was censure enough? And what are the lasting repercussions on the office of the Presidency? Aftermath: The Clinton Impeachment and the Presidency in the Age of Political Spectacle takes a multi-disciplinary approach to analyze the Clinton impeachment from political perspectives across the spectrum. The authors attempt to tease out the meanings of the scandal from the vantage point of law, religion, public opinion, and politics, both public and personal. Further, the impeachment itself is situated broadly within the contemporary American liberal state and mined for the contradictory possibilities for reconciliation it reveals in our culture. Contributors: David T. Canon, John Cooper, Drucilla Cornell, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Robert W. Gordon, Lawrence Joseph, Leonard V. Kaplan, David Kennedy, Kenneth R. Mayer, Beverly I. Moran, Father Richard John Neuhaus, David Novak, Linda Denise Oakley, Elizabeth Rapaport, Lawrence Rosen, Eric Rothstein, Aviam Soifer, Lawrence M. Solan, Cass R. Sunstein, Stephen Toulmin, Leon Trakman, Frank Tuerkheimer, Mark V. Tushnet, Andrew D. Weiner, Robin L. West.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I Politics -- 1 A Case Study in Group Polarization (with Warnings for the Future) -- 2 Sex and Politics at the Close of the Twentieth Century: A Feminist Looks Back at the Clinton Impeachment and the Thomas Confirmation Hearings -- 3 Public, Private, and the Gender Division of Emotional Labor -- 4 Everything You Thought You Knew about Impeachment Is Wrong -- 5 Pierre Elliot Trudeau: A Canadian Scandal? -- Part II Law -- 6 Comparing the Independent Counsel to Other Prosecutors: Privilege and Other Issues -- 7 Legalizing Outrage -- 8 The Gold Standard and Guilt-Edged Insecurities: The Impeachment Crucible as Tragic Farce -- 9 Sex, Harm, and Impeachment -- 10 Impeachment: A (Civil) Religious Perspective -- 11 The Constitutional Politics of the Clinton Impeachment -- Part III Shaping Public Opinion -- 12 Ontology in the Clinton Era -- 13 All We Had to Do Was Rationalize the Sex -- 14 Perjury and Impeachment: The Rule of Law or the Rule of Lawyers? -- 15 Impeachment and Enchanting Arts -- 16 A Year after the Acquittal in the Impeachment Trial -- Part IV Religion -- 17 An Un-Christian Pursuit -- 18 Abuse of Power as a Cultural Construct -- 19 Bill Clinton and the American Character -- 20 The Clinton Scandal: Law and Morals -- Part V The Political Is Personal -- 21 The Spectacle and the Libertine -- 22 The Political Is Personal -- Conclusion: The Penultimate: The Meaning of Impeachment and Liberal Governance -- Contributors -- Index