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Nothing New Under the Sun

Oliva Vieira, Bernardo LU (2025) EKHS21 20251
Department of Economic History
Abstract
This thesis establishes the first quantitative exploration on celebrity politicians and Philippine provincial development. The frameworks of patron-client-factions, caciquism and bossism, extracted from the established political dynasty literature are harnessed in order to establish the comparative impacts of four classes of provincial governors (dynast, celebrity, celebrity-dynast and regular) on a holistic set of outcomes: provincial expenditure, organised violence, fiscal independence and poverty incidence. Ultimately, celebrity politicians are established as categorically distinct. Thereby opening a new opportunities in the study of Philippine elite democracy
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This thesis establishes the first quantitative exploration on celebrity politicians and Philippine provincial development. The frameworks of patron-client-factions, caciquism and bossism, extracted from the established political dynasty literature are harnessed in order to establish the comparative impacts of four classes of provincial governors (dynast, celebrity, celebrity-dynast and regular) on a holistic set of outcomes: provincial expenditure, organised violence, fiscal independence and poverty incidence. Ultimately, celebrity politicians are established as categorically distinct. Thereby opening a new opportunities in the study of Philippine elite democracy
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author
Oliva Vieira, Bernardo LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
Impact of Philippine Dynastic and Celebrity Governors on Subnational Development
course
EKHS21 20251
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Celebrity Politics, Philippine Politics, Political Dynasticism
language
English
id
9207853
date added to LUP
2025-08-18 10:45:06
date last changed
2025-08-18 10:45:06
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  abstract     = {{This thesis establishes the first quantitative exploration on celebrity politicians and Philippine provincial development. The frameworks of patron-client-factions, caciquism and bossism, extracted from the established political dynasty literature are harnessed in order to establish the comparative impacts of four classes of provincial governors (dynast, celebrity, celebrity-dynast and regular) on a holistic set of outcomes: provincial expenditure, organised violence, fiscal independence and poverty incidence. Ultimately, celebrity politicians are established as categorically distinct. Thereby opening a new opportunities in the study of Philippine elite democracy}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Nothing New Under the Sun}},
  year         = {{2025}},
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