Galtung's theory on structural violence is that it is a 'consequence of social conditions,' meaning that a group or institution is responsible for the death or demise of an individual. When this happens over and over to a particular demographic, it becomes more apparent that it is an issue of structural violence. The problem with this is that structural violence is a hybrid concept, meaning that it's part theoretical (hypothetical) and part empirical (evidence).
through gender inequality, racism, discriminatory laws and even religious ideologies based on their response to direct violence. This is what makes revealing structural violence so difficult to prove. While structural violence identifies the victims, it also implicates the demographic responsible for creating those victims, which creates a resistance to accusations of structural violence. Excerpt!
Galtung's theory on structural violence is that it is a 'consequence of social conditions,' meaning that a group or institution is responsible for the death or demise of an individual. When this happens over and over to a particular demographic, it becomes more apparent that it is an issue of structural violence. The problem with this is that structural violence is a hybrid concept, meaning that it's part theoretical (hypothetical) and part empirical (evidence).
through gender inequality, racism, discriminatory laws and even religious ideologies based on their response to direct violence. This is what makes revealing structural violence so difficult to prove. While structural violence identifies the victims, it also implicates the demographic responsible for creating those victims, which creates a resistance to accusations of structural violence. Excerpt!