^* The authors thank the participants of Workshop No. 16, on ‘Corruption, Scandal and the Contestation of Governance in Europe’ at the ECPRJoint Sessions in Grenoble (2001) where a preliminary version of this paper was presented. The authors also acknowledge the constructive comments and suggestions made by two anonymous reviewers. As always, RSC is indebted to Martha Peach (at the Juan March Institute, Madrid), and José Elguero (CSIC, Madrid) for their help throughout the research and writing phase of this paper. MK acknowledges funding through the Trinity College Dublin Travel Funds and RSC is grateful for financial assistance through the Trinity College Dublin Benefaction Funds and Start-Up Funds for new lecturers.

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