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structural violence: a standalone construct

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structuralviolence1 CONSTRUCTStructural violence GALTUNG · ANTHROPOLOGY

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harm built into social structures, such as unequal power and life chances, that injures people without a direct personal perpetrator.

In anthropology, structural violence refers to harm built into social structures, such as unequal power and life chances, that injures people without a direct personal perpetrator. This meaning comes from Galtung (1969) in Journal of Peace Research.[1]

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  1. Galtung, J. (1969). Violence, Peace, and Peace Research. Journal of Peace Research, 6(3), 167-191. https://doi.org/10.1177/002234336900600301

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