Women in politics: emotions and challenges in complex institutional dynamics
Abstract Seminal studies about institutional theory highlighted the focus on cognitive issues in research on institutions. However, during the last few years, a growing body of literature has also been devoted to understanding the role of emotions in institutional dynamics. In one of the classic tex...
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| author | CAMILLA FERNANDES MARIANE LEMOS LOURENÇO SAMANTHA FROHLICH DIOGO ESPEJO DA SILVA FLÁVIA OBARA KAI |
| author_facet | CAMILLA FERNANDES MARIANE LEMOS LOURENÇO SAMANTHA FROHLICH DIOGO ESPEJO DA SILVA FLÁVIA OBARA KAI |
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| description | Abstract Seminal studies about institutional theory highlighted the focus on cognitive issues in research on institutions. However, during the last few years, a growing body of literature has also been devoted to understanding the role of emotions in institutional dynamics. In one of the classic texts on institutional theory, Scott emphasizes three institutional pillars, the regulatory, the normative, and the cognitive. Researchers point out that there is now a fourth pillar: the role of emotions in institutional theory. This article explores the emotions’ role in institutional dynamics, especially related to women’s political participation in the 2018 Brazilian elections. Three cases of female candidates who showed high performance in pre-election polls, were discussed. The research analyzed the candidates’ interviews and social media, observing their emotions in publications and expressions. Also, emotional expressions of society toward the studied candidates, as well as expressions potentially reflecting the institutional dynamic present in the Brazilian political arrangement, were analyzed. The main results show that during the 2018 Brazilian electoral campaign, in the face of the institutionalization of a masculine environment on the political scenario, the society expressed emotions of hatred and aggression against the three candidates since they violated institutional arrangements about behaviors considered acceptable in the dominant institutional logic. Despite this, two of the three female candidates were elected with the highest number of votes in their states, surpassing their male competitors. The candidate who was not elected obtained a significant number of votes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dbfa428252f64a318f8f8635d1c1a4a52022-12-21T20:13:07ZengFundação Getulio Vargas, Escola Brasileira de Administração Pública e de EmpresasCadernos EBAPE.BR1679-39512021-01-011841071108110.1590/1679-395120200006xWomen in politics: emotions and challenges in complex institutional dynamicsCAMILLA FERNANDEShttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6173-8613MARIANE LEMOS LOURENÇOhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2887-9232SAMANTHA FROHLICHhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3679-8870DIOGO ESPEJO DA SILVAhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2396-9597FLÁVIA OBARA KAIhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8087-487XAbstract Seminal studies about institutional theory highlighted the focus on cognitive issues in research on institutions. However, during the last few years, a growing body of literature has also been devoted to understanding the role of emotions in institutional dynamics. In one of the classic texts on institutional theory, Scott emphasizes three institutional pillars, the regulatory, the normative, and the cognitive. Researchers point out that there is now a fourth pillar: the role of emotions in institutional theory. This article explores the emotions’ role in institutional dynamics, especially related to women’s political participation in the 2018 Brazilian elections. Three cases of female candidates who showed high performance in pre-election polls, were discussed. The research analyzed the candidates’ interviews and social media, observing their emotions in publications and expressions. Also, emotional expressions of society toward the studied candidates, as well as expressions potentially reflecting the institutional dynamic present in the Brazilian political arrangement, were analyzed. The main results show that during the 2018 Brazilian electoral campaign, in the face of the institutionalization of a masculine environment on the political scenario, the society expressed emotions of hatred and aggression against the three candidates since they violated institutional arrangements about behaviors considered acceptable in the dominant institutional logic. Despite this, two of the three female candidates were elected with the highest number of votes in their states, surpassing their male competitors. The candidate who was not elected obtained a significant number of votes.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-39512020000501071&tlng=ptWoman in politicsInstitutional dynamicBrazilian electionsEmotions |
| spellingShingle | CAMILLA FERNANDES MARIANE LEMOS LOURENÇO SAMANTHA FROHLICH DIOGO ESPEJO DA SILVA FLÁVIA OBARA KAI Women in politics: emotions and challenges in complex institutional dynamics Cadernos EBAPE.BR Woman in politics Institutional dynamic Brazilian elections Emotions |
| title | Women in politics: emotions and challenges in complex institutional dynamics |
| title_full | Women in politics: emotions and challenges in complex institutional dynamics |
| title_fullStr | Women in politics: emotions and challenges in complex institutional dynamics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Women in politics: emotions and challenges in complex institutional dynamics |
| title_short | Women in politics: emotions and challenges in complex institutional dynamics |
| title_sort | women in politics emotions and challenges in complex institutional dynamics |
| topic | Woman in politics Institutional dynamic Brazilian elections Emotions |
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