Flinders, M., Weinberg, A., Weinberg, J. et al. (2 more authors) (2020) Governing under pressure? The mental wellbeing of politicians. Parliamentary Affairs, 73 (2). pp. 253-273. ISSN 0031-2290
Abstract
Despite the singular importance of the work of national politicians in creating legislation, representing constituents and holding government to account, relatively little work has been done concerning their wellbeing and psychological health. There are unique, as well as universal, stressors that impact upon politicians; a neglect of these issues has profound consequences for those individuals and wider democracy. We propose a ‘taxonomy of stressors’ as a starting point for further inter-disciplinary and comparative research, and argue that it offers analytical leverage vis-à-vis a far broader set of debates concerning the future of representative democracy.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 The Author(s). This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Parliamentary Affairs. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Politicians; Wellbeing; Mental Health; Political Stressors; Democracy |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 09 Jan 2019 12:01 |
Last Modified: | 26 Dec 2020 01:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsy046 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/pa/gsy046 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:140611 |