Structural violence: built into social relations and processes

Seen in institutionalised poverty, hunger, repression, discrimination (race, gender) and other measures affecting quality life.No direct causal link, unlike direct violence but acts over time and links to concept of human security

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Structural violence: built into social relations and processes
Cultural violence
Direct violence: physical attack/abuse
Galtung: peace is absence/reduction of violence of all kinds
Galtung: peace is ALSO non-violent & creative conflict transformation
Negative peace: absence of direct violence
Positive peace: reducing structural and cultural violence
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