Taking a Look at Structural Violence

When we come to think of what the word Structural violence really means most of us think of brutal injuries are involved just with the word violence, but on the most part it has a very significant type of violence that takes among other perspectives as well. It’s referring to the different systematic ways in which the social structures we have in place harm or even bring off disadvantages to individuals. Structural Violence is understated, often more invisible than one would imagine, but it definitely has no one specific person who can or will be held accountable for. (1)

Author discusses about the pre and post independence situation of the hill tribes with reference of the Nehru's approach for the industrial development and for the state, wealthy farmers as well as the capitalists which has created a social system. But the author says in her book that it has assisted to the deprivation of the people who are economically backward along with it includes the deprivation of the adivasis also. The process of development or industrialization affects very badly to the communities which are dependent on the nature or the natural resources for their livelihood and the Bhilala tribes are one of them. Moreover this process of development enforced the Bhilalas to move towards the new lands which author denotes as nevad and the land associates with the Forest

In the first article by Thomas Teo called Epistemological Violence he talks about this concept called Epistemological Violence which he states the concept is using empirical evidence in either research articles, books, chapters to imply that one group is inferior or a problem group despite their being better explanations available. This concept angers me because I know it has been used and still very might be still be used today to claimed outrageous claims that whites are the superior race because they rigged or spun the experiment to make it seem this way. For instance, a lot of people claim that African Americans are the problem group that is why they live in the worst neighborhoods, uses drugs, teen pregnancy, poor education, gang activity so when a test comes between a white male and a black male the white does better they can say by nature whites are smarter and they can so call back up their claim with their study.

Structural violence is a big factor in American History. I would even go as far as saying the country that I live in was built on, and is ran by structural violence. In terms of race, politics, our justice system, and even our schools are all structured one way or another by some type of systematic violence. I do not believe that violence neccesarily has to be physical harm. It can be psycological, emotional, and even systematic harm. By systematic harm, I mean specifically in our justice and economic systems. The phrase "The poor just get poorer while the rich get richer" is a great example of systematic violence in my opinion. As a nation we tend to turn our shoulder to the visual and physical evidence that the police are targeting African

Structural violence is an invisible force that can display at every level of society from individuals to a whole country through various forms such as access to health care, resources and political rights. Structural violence can be referred as a form of oppression through social and political injustices that are imposed on unprivileged populations or communities of the society. Some of the contributing factors into structural violence mentioned by Paul Farmer in “On Suffering and Structural Violence: A View from Below” are gender, ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Paul Farmer describes the social injustice and the political oppression in Haiti through the life stories of two young Haitians, Acephie and Chouchou.

Despite the many disadvantages of being raised by a low-income migrant family, one of my advantages is my cultural capital which bypassed the structural violence around me. My cultural capital consisted of having both a mother and father figure, which many children in South Central lacked. For instance, children raised by a single parent suffered greater amount of hardships than one raised by both parents. Accordingly, many of these single parents are forced to overwork in order to financially support their children, as a result, leaving their children with minimal guidance and nourishment. This is the result of structural violence in underserved communities. Structural violence is the way the patriarchal system harms an individual through

Your presentation was sleek and easy to read and follow. Horizontal violence is a longstanding issue in the nursing community, but awareness of the issue is now being brought to light. Although, all nurses are aware of what horizontal violence is and its negative impact on the work environment it may have been helpful for you or the authors to include defined parameters. Horizontal or lateral violence has been described broadly as any unwanted abuse or hostility within the workplace (Becher, & Visovsky, 2012). This broad definition encompasses verbal abuse, physical abuse, or even the 'side-eye'. This range of uncomfortable exchanges can be interpreted by different individuals in various ways. You did a wonderful job at reviewing the articles

Violence is inherently flawed. In the immortal words of Gandhi, "Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary." Therefore the most successful strategy for long-lasting peace and independence is nonviolence. This concept is crucial to understand the history of this time period. Violence and the lack of it, nonviolence plays a major role in the play of this chapter. Many question the practicality of nonviolence: “How can it work?” “Why can't armed and powerful opponents simply kill everyone that doesn't agree with them?” The answer couldn't be simpler: because the people will revolt. A few thousand oppressors wielding violence simply cannot control several million determined people. This lack of control is

The broader concept of societal injustice may explain health risks, behaviour and outcomes such as economic and an inequality-adjusted human development correlate with generative, parental and child health outcomes inequities. The poor health outcomes manifested by gender inequities via discriminatory practices, inequitable health provision service, health research inequities, and differential exposures and vulnerability to diseases (Shannon GD, 2017, p. 2). This does not occur from any other structural and social harmful forces. Moreover, structural violence is an inclusive structure to demonstrates the system through which social power in terms of poverty, racism, and inequity of gender become embodied as experiences of people and outcomes

I feel that I witnessed structural violence by nature of where I lived as a child.  I never described it to anyone using the term structural violence, but I think it's a good example.  I grew up in Pittsburgh, PA, and spent most of my childhood living in the city's largest housing project, the Hill District.  In the 1930's and 60's the Hill District once upon a time was a neighborhood that was a hotbed for jazz musicians like Stanley Turrentine and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright  August Wilson.  It was home of once of the most frequented jazz circuits in the country and home of the only African-American owned baseball stadium in the country, which was the home of the Pittsburgh Crawfords of the Negro League.  By all accounts the Hill District

Structural violence refers to a systemic type of violence in which social institutions indirectly privilege certain groups by providing them greater access resources and opportunities in the expense of other marginalized groups (Farmer, 2010). This term is closely linked with social injustice and inequities across various races, ethnicities, classes, genders, and nationalities. In Infections and Inequalities, Paul Farmer delves deeper into how structural violence is correlated with health disparities: “the structure of our society produces such intense conditions of inequality, we can only think of them as forms of violence. Disease offers an excellent way to see this – bodies are ravaged unequally, and in predictable patterns” (GWS 130AC lecture

After experiencing a series of financial crises across the globe, the number of people living in poverty is overwhelmingly growing, causing vast economic disparities between the rich and the poor. Amazingly even despite all the negative impacts featured in capitalism, it still remains prevalent in political democracy as the dominant economic system. Which makes people inquire, does political democracy still act to foster social and economic equality among all human beings? Although market capitalism is highly praised for promoting economic growth, this paper will argue that capitalism is susceptible to constructing economic violence imposed on the disadvantaged class under a privatized market capitalist government. In the first part of this

I chose 3) Power, Authority and Violence. My topic is “strategies politicians used to manipulate public opinions about Bill Clinton’s health insurance reform during early 1990’s in terms of speech and advertisement”. I became interested in the this theme after watching the movie, SiCKO recently. It depicts satirically the awful situation of insurance system in the U.S., in which the poor who cannot afford to have private insurance, or even many of those who do have, are forced give up medical care they need because of the insurance companies obsessed with profits. It also reveals the cozy relationship between the politicians and the companies. I clearly found the relationship among Power, Authority and Violence here; companies appeals to politics

Many people use psychological violence to control other people. In third world countries the people usually are under the control of some special groups because they know how to apply their power in the mind pf people to control them. Actually, it will be started by doing things that the person does not like or want to do. Most of the time it is rooted within the family through the childhood that is cultivated an unconscious part of the mind and it will be represented during adulthood. So, the ego, the superego, and the id are Freud`s terminology who suggested a structural three-part model of the psyche. Barry claims that

Violence is a concept which can be felt more aptly than defined. The word ‘violence’