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Sex Scandals, The Politics of Cancer A Companion to
Gender, and Power Malignant Indifference the United States

in Contemporary WENDY N. WHITMAN COBB Constitution and Its
American Politics Amendments

HINDA MANDELL Sixth Edition | JOHN R. VILE

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cancer, explains how our government
is intrinsically tied to cancer research
“ this is the book to read on efforts, and documents how major Now in its sixth edition with coverage of
At once juicy and erudite,
major Supreme Court decisions through
political actors make cancer policy
” book remains a key source for students,
contemporary sex scandals. and are influenced in their decision the end of the 2013–2014 term, this
—Joshua Gamson, University of San making by political, social, scientific, and professors, and citizens seeking
Francisco, December 12, 2016 economic variables.
balanced, up-to-date information on the
The increasing tabloidization of politics FEATURES Constitution, its amendments, and how
and focus on politicians involved in • Offers a critical viewpoint into the they have been interpreted.
sex scandals is both problematic and politics of cancer from a political FEATURES
important. This book examines how science perspective, including an • Provides an accessible and
analysis of the politics of scientific
gender impacts political sex scandals discovery and the construction of informative introduction to the
in the United States, in the past and scientific knowledge creation, meaning, and continuing
today; explains how political sex • Identifies how the making of cancer role of the Constitution that is
scandals contribute to the mistrust policy is affected by various political, suited for high school students,
of government; and identifies why social, scientific, and economic factors undergraduate audiences, law
these titillating events do have serious and highlights how politics influences students and researchers, reference
consequences for our political system. many decisions that should logically librarians, and interested citizens who
be based on science want to understand the Constitution
and its amendments
• Provides insights from the author’s
HINDA MANDELL, PhD, is personal perspective on the subject, as • Includes a glossary, highlights of
assistant professor in the School of her father is currently battling cancer constitutional history, and a fully
Communication at Rochester Institute updated appendix of the names and
of Technology. and being treated in a clinical trial
dates of U.S. Supreme Court Justices
WENDY N. WHITMAN COBB, PhD, is
assistant professor of political science JOHN R. VILE, PhD, is professor of
at Cameron University, Lawton, OK. political science at Middle Tennessee
State University.

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