This is the question that will be explored throughout this paper in regards to the applicability of the nonviolence paradigm to a Canadian setting and civil society initiatives. The nonviolence paradigm is based on “achieving without harm…things that are normally thought to be attainable through violence”. (Funk, 2015) This paradigm challenges the normality of achieving something with violence, by using non-violent measures. Much like world order this paradigm challenges power politics, with the ideas that “Lasting peace and justice cannot be achieved through violence, because violence itself constitutes a form of injustice that interferes with the realization of positive outcomes”. (Funk, 2015) There are varying methods of nonviolent action
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These principles are also applicable to many different levels of society. From small communities to the national scale there are many issues that can be dealt with using this paradigm. The nonviolence paradigm “proposes that power ultimately derives from social relationships, and that the power of any government derives primarily from the enabling consent, obedience, and (in many cases) passivity of the people.” (Funk, 2015) In many cases issues can go down one of two road roads; the conflict can escalate and reach violence before any settlement is made, this is at a macro and micro lens of society. What the nonviolence paradigm suggests is to go down a different route and have the issues looked at from a broader standpoint, and avoid narrow sightedness. In doing so each side can come to a common ground and settle the dispute without any …show more content…
There are many times throughout history where nonviolence solved major societal issues, such as black and white segregation, women’s rights, and gay marriage. All of theses past issues were challenged using nonviolence and ultimately the ones who challenged them got their desired outcome. Today there are still national issues that can be address using these methods. Issues such as gender oppression, accessibility for the disabled, and one that affect me personally is the constantly growing tuition rates for postsecondary education compared to minimum wage. Since 2010 tuition rates at the university of waterloo for an applied health science student has gone up from $2982.02 in the fall of 2010 to $3557.31 in the fall of 2015. In that time minimum wage in Ontario has gone up from $10.25 per hour in 2010 to $11.00 per hour in 2015 . A majority are paying their own way through university, most of these student are doing is on minimum wage salaries. Having this makes it so that the students have to turn to OSAP funding and opening a line of credit to pay for tuition fees. In turn causes many students sink into long-term debt that will take many years to pay off. Many European countries like Germany, Finland, Sweden, and more offer postsecondary education for free (Scholars for development, 2015). I believe that Canada itself should offer university and college education free, and this can be challenged using the
These principles are also applicable to many different levels of society. From small communities to the national scale there are many issues that can be dealt with using this paradigm. The nonviolence paradigm “proposes that power ultimately derives from social relationships, and that the power of any government derives primarily from the enabling consent, obedience, and (in many cases) passivity of the people.” (Funk, 2015) In many cases issues can go down one of two road roads; the conflict can escalate and reach violence before any settlement is made, this is at a macro and micro lens of society. What the nonviolence paradigm suggests is to go down a different route and have the issues looked at from a broader standpoint, and avoid narrow sightedness. In doing so each side can come to a common ground and settle the dispute without any …show more content…
There are many times throughout history where nonviolence solved major societal issues, such as black and white segregation, women’s rights, and gay marriage. All of theses past issues were challenged using nonviolence and ultimately the ones who challenged them got their desired outcome. Today there are still national issues that can be address using these methods. Issues such as gender oppression, accessibility for the disabled, and one that affect me personally is the constantly growing tuition rates for postsecondary education compared to minimum wage. Since 2010 tuition rates at the university of waterloo for an applied health science student has gone up from $2982.02 in the fall of 2010 to $3557.31 in the fall of 2015. In that time minimum wage in Ontario has gone up from $10.25 per hour in 2010 to $11.00 per hour in 2015 . A majority are paying their own way through university, most of these student are doing is on minimum wage salaries. Having this makes it so that the students have to turn to OSAP funding and opening a line of credit to pay for tuition fees. In turn causes many students sink into long-term debt that will take many years to pay off. Many European countries like Germany, Finland, Sweden, and more offer postsecondary education for free (Scholars for development, 2015). I believe that Canada itself should offer university and college education free, and this can be challenged using the