Abstract

OLIVEIRA, Wilson José Ferreira de. Trusted networks, insertion and professional practice in political parties. Etnográfica [online]. 2020, vol.24, n.1, pp.27-48. ISSN 0873-6561.  https://doi.org/10.4000/etnografica.9266.

The analysis of political parties have been dominated by research about candidates and elected representatives. Contrary to this trend, this article focuses on employees who occupy paid positions in political parties’ structures. Methodologically based on participant observation, surveys and biographical interviews focusing on the relations between organizational dynamics, social attributes, personal ties and political conceptions linked to the entry and the professional practice in political parties, research has shown that various forms of personal ties are very important for admission and continuity in political parties’ structures, being present in all studied organizations, regardless of acronyms and ideological orientations

Keywords : political ethnography; personal ties; professional practice; political parties.

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