In the study of policy and administration, emotions are largely conceived as an exogenous factor that impacts on institutions and processes. Still ignored are the emotions felt and performed not just individually by civil servants, but collectively within government organizations. This article turns to insights on emotions from organizational studies to offer a conceptual framework through which to understand the lifeworld of government, or “institutional pathos.” It then applies this framework to an extreme case: Whitehall's response to the Brexit vote. Drawing on rich interview material from the Brexit Witness Archive, this article illustrates how the experience of individual and collective emotions deeply colored the work of British Government in delivering Brexit. The article concludes with a research agenda for public administration that foregrounds emotions.

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政府感觉如何？迈向公共行政中的制度悲怆理论


在政策和行政研究中，情绪在很大程度上被认为是影响机构和过程的外生因素。仍然被忽视的是，不仅公务员个人所感受到和表现的情绪，而且政府组织内部的集体情感也被忽视。本文转向组织研究中对情绪的见解，提供了一个概念框架，通过它来理解政府的生活世界或“制度悲怆”。然后，它将这个框架应用于一个极端案例：白厅对英国脱欧公投的回应。本文借鉴了英国脱欧见证人档案馆 （Brexit Witness Archive） 中丰富的采访材料，说明了个人和集体情感的经历如何深深地影响了英国政府在实现英国脱欧方面的工作。文章以突出情感的公共管理研究议程作为结尾。