Date of Publication
8-13-2025
Document Type
Bachelor's Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts in International Studies Major in European Studies
Subject Categories
International Relations
College
College of Liberal Arts
Department/Unit
International Studies
Thesis Advisor
Charmaine Misalucha-Willoughby
Defense Panel Member
John Louis B. Benito
Abstract/Summary
The complex process of globalization brings interconnectedness that goes beyond economic integration and extends to sociocultural integration across the globe. It fosters the merging of culture, identity, and tradition of states as a product of interconnectedness. As globalization develops, it not only brings benefits but also generates both winners and losers, cooperation, and conflict. Economically, globalization brought trade liberalization, migration, and global supply chains, as well as economic insecurity and job losses for locals. Socioculturally, globalization led to shared cultural hybridization and brought cultural homogenization and protectionist sentiments. Such results led to the erosion of national identity, giving right-wing populists an opportunity to advance their movement to the public. A comparative analysis of the United States of America, Germany, Ecuador, and Japan will be conducted to analyze responses to globalization in a variety of cultural and political contexts, specifically the U.S’ individualism and polarized liberal democracy, Germany’s multicultural integration within a federal parliamentary system, Ecuador’s migration pressures under a presidential democracy, and Japan’s cultural homogeneity within a constitutional monarchy. The study utilizes the Copenhagen School’s securitization theory as a lens to understand how globalization impacts right-wing populist movements and how political actors weaponize ordinary issues and frame them as existential threats to justify their political measures.
Keywords: right-wing populism, securitization theory, economic insecurity, cultural tension, migration
Abstract Format
html
Language
English
Format
Electronic
Keywords
Populism--United States; Populism--Germany; Populism--Ecuador; Populism--Japan; Security, International
Recommended Citation
Belizon, M. M., Cruz, D. A., Evans, S. M., & Serrano, J. C. (2025). The populist manifesto: A comparative analysis of populist securitization in the United States, Germany, Ecuador, and Japan. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etdb_intlstud/20
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8-20-2025
