Structural violence: Structural violence refers to societal conditions and systems that harm individuals or groups by preventing them from meeting their basic needs. It's not direct physical violence, but results from unjust social, political, or economic structures. See also Violence, Society, Justice, Injustice, Inequalities._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. |