United States And The Post Cold War Political And Criminal Violence

Violence is not always the answer to the world’s problems, but it is a great way bring attention to the cause of the problem. Peaceful negotiations is the only way to ensure that the aggressors and opposition both come to an agreement about the best outcome of their situation. Violence creates hate and hate in turn leads to more violence in the long-run thus continuing humanities cycle of self

War is easily explained through the lens of social conflict theory, a sociological theory that suggests society tends toward conflict because it is made up of groups with competing interests and unequal resources. The theory proposes that a

The violence committed at an institutionalized level that systemically hinders individuals is classified as structural violence. Since the structural violence is so deep-rooted, it can often be perceived as normal and inherently nonintrusive. However, as Bourgois unveils, structural violence is a “chronic, historically entrenched political-economic oppression and social

Although marriage has a long history it has become a major facet in the social life of the nation.50 years ago almost every state criminalized homosexual activity. The federal government would not hire people who were openly gay. Many openly gay men couldn’t even be permitted in the military. Despite the fact that there were little to none gay originations in the early 1970s a burst of gay activism unleashed the stonewall riots in Greenwich Village. (Davies)” The Stonewall riots were inspired LGBT people throughout the country to organize in support of

Gould discusses asymmetric and symmetric relationships which create social ambiguity and lead to violence. Collins, on the other hand, argues that violence is difficult to carry out because of the tension and fear in confrontations. He also mentions that conflict is the “the brink of violence” in where we need to watch how it plays out (Collins, 338). These two arguments are very different than Schiedel, who looks at relationships at a macroscopic level and believes that violence is crucial to level out the inequality between social classes and nations. Both Gould and Collins look at micro-situations and interactions to determine why conflict and violence occur. Schiedel, on the other hand, believes that violence is a result of inequality and can be used to level the inequality in macro-levels of society. I will be using two examples to critique each author’s argument and how well they apply these ideas to these new

Do you live in or ever heard about an area where there's gang violence, turf wars, shoot outs, and drug dealing? Well you can compare that modern day violence to some of the violent history of America. In this essay I will compare the troubling senseless violence of America today to the violence during America's westward expansion, and the war of 1812,

I was curious to see how El Salvador, one of the poorest countries in the world, uses its limited resources to simultaneously attend to individuals’ needs, make structural changes, and the impact it’s economy has had on their people. After doing my research I realized that El Salvador is a country where injustice reigns and upward mobility is not believed. Today, El Salvador, is one of the most violent country in the world and it’s a country plagued by violence, turmoil, and natural disaster with people hoping a continuous recovery. To have an understanding of El Salvador unfortunate circumstances one is to analyze the effects of the Civil War in El Salvador.

John Mueller makes a claim even bolder than a decline in war, arguing that war has ceased, or nearly ceased, to exist. He argues that the general decline in inter-state war lies in the changing attitudes towards war. Mueller contends that up until the early 20th century, war was seen in a positive light, but European attitudes changed “profoundly” after WWI, and that shift of opinion was “dramatically reinforced” by WWII. Mueller explains the particular fall in civil wars in the 1990s as a result of improvements in governance and policing in developing countries. Thus these factors in combination explain the recent decline in all wars. Mueller rejects other alternative arguments for the decline of war, including economic interdependence and institutional incentives, on the basis of causality and questionable impact. Critics of his theories point out that the traditional “war” conception they are based on excludes any non-state warfare with under 1000 deaths, and thus explanations of the recent decline do not account for major instances of political violence such as the Rwandan Genocide. However, Mueller refutes these critiques with the view that such political violence is merely opportunistic thugs who are the ‘residual combatants’. Thus, Mueller’s claim that war has “ceased to exist” is qualified, particularly in light of political changes after the cold war.

Turning on the news when you get home, and if it’s not the weather or traffic on, there is a strong chance, it's a news report about another crime committed in America. Violence and crime are way too common in today’s society. In my opinion, I believe gun control, mental disorders, and how we are brought up are just some of the reasons we have so much violence and crime.

Violence changes how a person acts, thinks and lives. It all comes down for the people to decide whether they will stand up and live tomorrow or simply become an accomplice living in fear. Fear causes desperation for a clear majority of people who cannot perform their jobs because they or their families are in high risks of being targeted and threatened to death. The lack of employment in the youth is drowning certain small rural communities with criminals. Young men opt to join different illegal organizations to maintain their families and take them out of the poor. Corruption is ultimately the cancer of all these problems. The penetration of criminal organizations in the Federal Mexican government facilitates access to important and reliable

not only the different conflicts that took place but the variety of violent crimes taken out on

Political violence is the threat of violence in order to affect change in government or power. Legitimacy is the acceptance of a higher authority such as a government and the choices that authority figure makes. There are three main categories of political violence that will be discussed in this paper. The first being War, the second is Terrorism and the last is Genocide. Each three categories will be discussed in detail as well explained further through the use of examples.

During the 20th century, there was several instance of violence like the slavery, World War II, the war in Iraq and Vietnams are events that lead to many deaths. People were often more protective of their space and violent than we are today. There was less interaction and some races considered themselves to be the superior begins.

The question assumes that there is a linear relationship between inequality and armed conflict; the rise of the former inevitably leads to the increase of the latter. However, in the absence of functioning communism or utopian egalitarianism, we need to concede that our world is full of inequalities, but not all parts of the world are equally ridden by conflict. Moreover, large N-studies of civil war, conducted over the past few years, all seem to conclude that inequality is not directly linked to the risk of civil war (Collier&Hoeffler, 2004: 563-595; Fearon & Laitin, 2003: 75-90; Hegre, Gissinger, Gleditsch, 2003: 251-276). Following this lead, I will argue for a non-linear link between inequality and conflict and for the multi-causality

“Violence has been a prominent social response to the application of structural adjustment policies throughout Latin America. There are societies in which, things fall apart; the center cannot hold. Violence is a shared disease that seems to arise in all societies where there are profound social differences and exploitation…Many Latin American societies are condemned to bloodletting by the precedents of violence and gross injustice that characterize their culture and their history.”