Anti-celebrity politicians succeed by styling themselves as authentic alternatives to more showy statesmen.
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From wrestlers to movie stars, celebrities have risen to some of the highest political offices around the world. What makes them so appealing?
Politics is a world for which show business celebrities are perfectly adapted and their predominance in the Philippines offers a glimpse of what televisual populism could look like in other countries.
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Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Emeritus Professor of Politics, School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies, University of East Anglia
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Historian of media and politics, Lund University
