ABSTRACT
Resentment in the U.S. and throughout Europe Globalization has brought complex problems to the U.S. and throughout several democratic countries in Europe that are comparable in many ways. Whereas every country has its own issues, some are strikingly similar: “immigration, integration, jobs, incomes . . . political and business elites.”1 The perceived threat of globalization, feelings of relative economic deprivation, a belief that the political establishment has betrayed the “silent majority,” and cultural stress in reaction to an ever-increasing multicultural population have become common grievances. Populism in the U.S. and throughout Europe is rooted in an inability of the general population to accept the ongoing transformation, which is moving the world toward an ever-increasing globalized, multicultural society complete with blurred boundaries and liberal policies. The changes that have occurred, impacting the status quo of the majority of Americans and Europeans, respectively, have occurred at a pace they were not ready for, thus, deepening their cultural stress.
