How does democracy interface with executive accountability in the face of media scandals? Associate professor of politics and sociology Gergana Dimova presents one of the first empirical studies of democracy beyond the electorate, alongside a systematic study of government accountability. The book arises from a database “of 6000 media allegations and investigations in Russia, Germany and Bulgaria,” according to the publisher’s webpage, and “will be of particular interest to researchers focusing on democratic theory and political thought.”