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Positive peace: reducing structural and cultural violence

Elimination of discrimination and social injustice (esp. poverty); idea of emancipation of people from oppressive social structures that serve only the interests of the powerful; connects with human rights discourse and environmental sustainability

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