Open AccessLong Hours, Uneasy Feelings: Parliamentary Work in Denmark, Finland and Sweden
Author(s) -
Mona Mannevuo,
Jenni Rinne,
Isak Vento
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
parliamentary affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.01
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1460-2482
pISSN - 0031-2290
DOI - 10.1093/pa/gsab022
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , politics , feeling , work (physics) , virtuous circle and vicious circle , sociology , political science , empirical research , gender studies , political economy , law , social science , social psychology , epistemology , psychology , economics , engineering , macroeconomics , philosophy , mechanical engineering
Politicians’ work pressure is gaining more attention in parliamentary studies. To participate in the discussion about governing under pressure, this article offers an interdisciplinary approach to investigate how representatives navigate within a flexible, limitless work culture. This article presents a new inquiry to re-examine contemporary political agency by combining cultural studies theories with empirical insights in Nordic countries. By analysing 52 semi-structured interviews with MPs in Denmark, Finland and Sweden, the study finds that politics attracts people who want to change the world, but these attributes may initiate a vicious cycle, taking the form of psychological strain.
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