Successful transitions to enduring democracy are both difficult and rare. In Scandal and Democracy, Mary E. McCoy explores how newly democratizing nations can avoid reverting to authoritarian solutions in response to the daunting problems brought about by sudden change. The troubled transitions that have derailed democratization in nations...
Mary E. McCoy is a faculty associate in the Department of Communication Arts and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She holds a PhD in Communication Studies, and teaches courses on rhetoric, politics, and freedom of speech.