Emotional Interest Representation and the Politics of Risk in Child Protection
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Resumo: | This article explores the emotional dimensions of political representation by British Members of Parliament (MP) in relation to child protection. The public speech acts and first-hand accounts of three MPs are drawn upon as examples. These highlight different forms of emotional interest representation that arise following the death of a local child from severe abuse or neglect and in response to anxieties in the community about risk. Firstly, I examine the role of the MP in seeking to embody their constituency in the public expression of collective emotional responses and to defend it from feelings of guilt and shame. Personal feelings of guilt and a consciousness of the politician’s role in attributing blame are then considered. Thirdly, I explore the role of the MP as trusted envoy for anxieties about risk to individual children within their constituencies. The article draws on Berezin’s concept of the secure state and Hochschild’s notion of politicians as feeling legislators, and is based on qualitative documentary analysis and semi-structured interviews with MPs. It is argued that the emotional processes outlined are central to understanding the problematic relationship between politics and state social work that fuels the cycle of crisis and reform in children’s services in the UK. |
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Emotional Interest Representation and the Politics of Risk in Child Protectionchild protection; emotion; Members of Parliament; representation; risk; social workThis article explores the emotional dimensions of political representation by British Members of Parliament (MP) in relation to child protection. The public speech acts and first-hand accounts of three MPs are drawn upon as examples. These highlight different forms of emotional interest representation that arise following the death of a local child from severe abuse or neglect and in response to anxieties in the community about risk. Firstly, I examine the role of the MP in seeking to embody their constituency in the public expression of collective emotional responses and to defend it from feelings of guilt and shame. Personal feelings of guilt and a consciousness of the politician’s role in attributing blame are then considered. Thirdly, I explore the role of the MP as trusted envoy for anxieties about risk to individual children within their constituencies. The article draws on Berezin’s concept of the secure state and Hochschild’s notion of politicians as feeling legislators, and is based on qualitative documentary analysis and semi-structured interviews with MPs. It is argued that the emotional processes outlined are central to understanding the problematic relationship between politics and state social work that fuels the cycle of crisis and reform in children’s services in the UK.Cogitatio2018-12-28info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v6i4.1521oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/1521Politics and Governance; Vol 6, No 4 (2018): Interdisciplinary Approaches to Studying Emotions within Politics and International Relations; 73-822183-2463reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/1521https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v6i4.1521https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/1521/1521Copyright (c) 2018 Jo Warnerhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessWarner, Jo2022-12-22T15:15:51Zoai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/1521Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:22:14.147834Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Emotional Interest Representation and the Politics of Risk in Child Protection |
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Emotional Interest Representation and the Politics of Risk in Child Protection |
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Emotional Interest Representation and the Politics of Risk in Child Protection Warner, Jo child protection; emotion; Members of Parliament; representation; risk; social work |
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Emotional Interest Representation and the Politics of Risk in Child Protection |
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Emotional Interest Representation and the Politics of Risk in Child Protection |
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Emotional Interest Representation and the Politics of Risk in Child Protection |
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Emotional Interest Representation and the Politics of Risk in Child Protection |
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Emotional Interest Representation and the Politics of Risk in Child Protection |
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Warner, Jo |
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Warner, Jo |
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Warner, Jo |
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child protection; emotion; Members of Parliament; representation; risk; social work |
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child protection; emotion; Members of Parliament; representation; risk; social work |
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This article explores the emotional dimensions of political representation by British Members of Parliament (MP) in relation to child protection. The public speech acts and first-hand accounts of three MPs are drawn upon as examples. These highlight different forms of emotional interest representation that arise following the death of a local child from severe abuse or neglect and in response to anxieties in the community about risk. Firstly, I examine the role of the MP in seeking to embody their constituency in the public expression of collective emotional responses and to defend it from feelings of guilt and shame. Personal feelings of guilt and a consciousness of the politician’s role in attributing blame are then considered. Thirdly, I explore the role of the MP as trusted envoy for anxieties about risk to individual children within their constituencies. The article draws on Berezin’s concept of the secure state and Hochschild’s notion of politicians as feeling legislators, and is based on qualitative documentary analysis and semi-structured interviews with MPs. It is argued that the emotional processes outlined are central to understanding the problematic relationship between politics and state social work that fuels the cycle of crisis and reform in children’s services in the UK. |
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