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999 _c26190
_d26190
020 _a9788131610190
082 _a362.83
_bGEN-
245 _aGender and structural violence
260 _bRawat Publications
_c2019
_aNew Delhi
300 _avii, 220p
504 _aInclude Index
520 _aThe book tells about Structural violence is the concept of macro, system-level inequality and oppression which was introduced in modernist discourse by Johan Galtung in 1969 through the article ‘Violence, Peace, and Peace Research’. It refers to a form of violence wherein some social structure or social institution may harm people by preventing them from meeting their basic needs. Institutionalized adultism, ageism, classism, elitism, ethnocentrism, nationalism, speciesism, racism, and sexism are some examples of structural violence as proposed by Galtung. Because structural violence affects people differently in various social structures, it is very closely linked to social injustice. Structural violence and direct violence are said to be highly interdependent, including family violence, gender violence, hate crimes, racial violence, police violence, state violence, terrorism, and war. Structural violence is the most basic or fundamental form of violence. It is expressive of the conditions of society, the structures of social order, and the institutional arrangements of power within the society. The articles in this volume look at various societal structures and institutions to understand violence against women. The book will interest researchers, academics, social workers and all those concerned with gender-based violence.
546 _a
650 _aSocial Problem
_vWomen--Violence
_vFamily violence
_vHuman Trafficking
_vSex crimes
700 _aPande, Rekha
700 _aVanka, Sita
942 _2ddc
_cBK