The Political is ever more Personalised? Comparative Perspectives on Representations of Leaders

Abstract

In parliamentary as well as presidential systems there has been significant academic and journalistic debate about how and whether politics, particularly of the electoral kind, has been increasingly personalised. The latter term has been used to refer to various developments including the seemingly more intensive media focus on the character of the individual leaders as the latter actors growing preparedness to promote themselves like celebrities and, in doing so, engage with many different facets of popular culture. This panel welcomes submissions from scholars working on case studies involving particular politicians, states or comparative material.

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