GROUP SEMESTER PAPER

Members:

John Matthew Cruel

Joseph John Cuales
Pamela Mae De Guzman
Jeliane Chloe Evangelista
Genesis Guadalupe

Democracy and Political Culture Today: A comparative study of Japan and

Philippines

ABSTRACT:
This study examines Philippines and Japan as two comparative studies for democracy and
political culture. With the spread of the concept of ‘westernization’ as prescribed by the
western powers such as the United States, Britain, and France, many countries including
Japan and the Philippines have democratized in order to modernize. Thus, this study
seeks to evaluate how democracy has played its role in the modernization of Japan and
Philippines and relate how political culture affects their individual domestic politics. This
is done by comparing both countries’ respective democracies, economies, and politics
and evaluating their strengths and weaknesses.

OUTLINE:
1. Introduction
a. Comparative economies
b. Comparative politics
c. Agriculture Vs Industrial democracy
2. Democracy today
a. Philippine Situation
b. Japanese Situation
3. Political Parties in the Philippines and Japan
a. Parties present
b. Comparative ideologies
4. How Politics Works
a. Philippine Politics
b. Japanese Politics
5. The role of political culture
a. Political behavior
b. Economy
c. Social
d. Government
6. Electoral politics
a. Voting rights
7. Strengths and Weaknesses of both democracies
a. Who has the best democracy?