Vem får avgå vid politiska skandaler? En undersökning av kategori, kön och kärnvärde vid politiska skandaler

Sammanfattning: Every year politicians resign because of political scandals. The scandals are of various kinds and can for example be a controversial statement or that the politician intentionally or unintentionally forgot to pay his taxes. But how come some politicians must resign when others doesn’t? Previous research has stated that there is a difference between how men and women are presented in political scandals, and further that a party should treat a scandal more seriously if the party’s core values are threatened. Based on this, the purpose of this study is to investigate A) which type of scandal leads to most resignations? B) does the outcome of the scandals differ between men and women? C) do more politicians resign if the scandal threatens the political party’s core values? The study is based on research from 63 different scandals during the period of 1998 to 2019.The outcome of the study led to interesting results that can be used for further studies on the subject.