Structural violence

Through the reading of Galtung “Violence, Peace, and Peace Research” he explained the two concepts of structural and personal violence and how peace is considered to be absence of violence. Galtung explains the dimensions of the terms peace and violence and how they can affect the life of a person. Furthermore, he refuses the idea to view violence as the intentional harm done by an actor (object) to someone else (subject). However, he notes “violence is present when human beings are being…

STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE AND SELF DETERMINATION The introduction of Canada’s Indian act in 1876 took away many of the political rights of aboriginal women (YWCA Canada) for instance the act took away the “Indian status” of an aboriginal women if she gets married to a non-aboriginal man (YWCA Canada). Policies and laws introduced and imposed by foreign governments were violent and discrimination against aboriginal women. Aboriginal women had very few choices in self-determination and most had to…

usually suspension or expulsion when students break certain rules (Lawyers.com, 2018). If a student break the rules, teachers are not going to tolerate it. They are going to throw the student out of the class for misconduct. This is an example of structural violence because power is all within school administrators such as: Teachers, Principal, Dean, and Security Guards. These school administrators can decide what is legal and illegal. Prime example: a student in the 3rd or 4th grade can create…

spiritual needs (27). When any of these necessities are denied, structural violence ensues upon those effected. During the Antebellum period, from the years 1789 to 1861, blacks were enslaved and felt the repercussions of not having access to their basic human needs. Slaves were living in an environment that…

First World countries. Structural violence is something that is can be difficult to contain or confront because it is so complex and deeply ingrained in our world 's structures that it quickly gets dismissed as just being "the way the world works.” In a world so highly driven by things such as money, not only are the poor more likely to suffer, but they are more likely to have that suffering…

troubles” as “public issue” and, in general, try to link their experiences with the mechanism of the society. This can be achieved through the use of sociological imagination that helps to understand the linkage between the individual acts like rape, violence, and the collective acts of…

Family, it means something different to everyone. Sometimes our family is related by blood, other times they’re not. Sometimes we love our family, sometimes we can’t stand them. Everyone defines who and what family is differently, because of this it’s difficult to pinpoint a single definition for it. In order to prevent providing a narrow definition Henslin explains that “family consists of people who consider themselves related by blood, marriage, or adoption (Henslin, 2015, p. 368). Just like…

human social behavior; studies processes and patterns of individual and group interaction. Elijah Anderson, a leading sociologist in urban ethnography, is the author of the Code of the Street. Code of the Street is a book about the reason behind violence in inner-city black America and the code that regulates it. He starts by introducing us to Germantown Avenue, an avenue in Philadelphia. He then writes about the two codes followed by residents of different neighborhoods along Germantown…

From many years of sociological research, collecting quantitative and qualitative data, three sociological theories have stood the test of time. These dominant theories are, the Structural-Functional Approach, the Social-Conflict Approach and the Symbolic-Interaction Approach. “Each sociological theory presented has a unique way of explaining social behaviour in the real world”. (Thiessen, 2017) These theories have all been developed by good sociologists; sociologists who remain objective and…

diverse behaviors in society. Sociologist often use the most three important theoretical approaches, structural-functional approach, the social-conflict approach, and the symbolic-interaction approach. These three approaches majorly contribute to the understanding of how our society works. Sociologist also apply these three theoretical approaches to how families function and their operations. Structural-functional approach and social-conflict approach are on the macro-level of analysis, while…