THE INFLUENCE OF POPULISM IN UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPT OF SECURITY
THE INFLUENCE OF POPULISM IN UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPT OF SECURITY

Author(s): GAL Dorin Alin
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Governance, Government/Political systems, Security and defense
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: populism; security; volatility; anti elitism; anti pluralism;
Summary/Abstract: With populism becoming one of the buzzwords that characterize international relations today, its ideas stand to influence the way leaders and actors worldwide now understand the meaning of security. Since this is a term with an exceptional ability to transcend traditional ideological lines, it has the potential to cause an impact regardless of the space where it is being used and, as a result, is able to have an impact through modern-day populist leaders regardless of their original affiliation. By stating a working definition of populism as we understand it right now and also of the traditional concept of security, we stand to analyze the way in which security issues and any subsequent decisions made are being influenced under this new context that we find ourselves in today.

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