@futilityfunc @Richeydarian The technpol term is not from me. I first read it here: https://t.co/dGjoR0Sqwt It was originally used to describe Rafael Salas, Alejandro Melchor, and eventually the Virata network.
Why was there a sudden burst in celebrity politicians, post-EDSA? Well, it was not a sudden burst. According to this paper, television sets had started to become more common in Filipino homes as early as the '70s.
https://t.co/d5m7HEE4iT
She's close to the "Technopols" of the first Marcos era (e.g. Rafael Salas), who were people "who had the skills of a technocrat as well as a
political strategist".
On this concept, see this illuminating paper by UP Prof Teresa Encarnacion S. Tadem: https://t.co/z8YZOOioea
Same scenario as it was with the elder Marcos. Technocrats- like Virata and Sicat- ended up losing the power struggle against Imelda, the cronies and the military. See this fascinating article by UP Polsci Prof. Teresa Encarnacion S. Tadem:
https://t.co/z8YZOOioea https://t.co/A6s8UZwCCc
@beeay21 Network theory hasn't really been used a lot in analyzing Ph politics. But there's at least one pioneering study on Cesar Virata's network during the martial law period:
https://t.co/OrvkdTD8MR