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Showing 1 to 20 of 102 for “"Structural violence"”.
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Class-based Structural Violence in Britain
… and analyses the major patterns of class-based structural violence (based on the differential access to class power) in some of the main areas of social organisation in Britain in the period from 1979 to 2010 (the period of neoliberal consolidation in Britain). It does this by pioneering the …
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Poverty, structural violence, and harm in Ontario
… in Ontario through the lens of social harm and structural violence. This research revealed that the experience of poverty is characterized by material hardship, chronic stress, poor physical and mental health, inadequate and unsafe living conditions, hunger, social exclusion, and violence. I …
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Single mothers getting by: cultural and structural violence in public policy
… the rhetorical and enacted route from cultural violence to structural violence ending in direct violence to this case. To explore the in the creation and "reform" of the welfare system, I will use discourse from various sources such as addresses to congress, public policy, media sources and …
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Inscribing Violence: Quantifying the Impact of World Heritage Site Inscription on Direct and Structural Violence.
… host nations. These critics have often described violence as an unintended side-effect of heritage sites, but this research has lacked a systematic analysis of types of violence associated with the inscription of sites. The background to this study explores the application of Galtung’s Triangle of …
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Postcolonialism and the Marshallese Diaspora: Structural Violence and Health in the Marshallese Community in Springdale, Arkansas
… Pacific migration theory, and global health and structural violence. I also conducted topical interviews with Marshallese and non-Marshallese community members, health workers, and government officials in Springdale, Arkansas.</p> <p>The two biggest barriers to healthcare in the Springdale …
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The Structural Violence of Sterilization: Politics of Sterilization In the Plantation Tamil Communities of Sri Lanka
<p>Sri Lanka has been considered one of the most successful countries in the developing world in terms of population control. National data show that approximately 19% of married women in Sri Lanka have chosen sterilization. Government data, however, indicates the highest rate of female …
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“That’s why we always fight back”: Structural violence and women’s responses on a Native American reservation
The student, Rebecca Morrow, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2019-07-26 at 14:52.
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“WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?” THE INFLUENCE OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL MOTIVATORS ON ATTITUDES TOWARD STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE AND INTERPERSONAL FORGIVENESS
… ubiquitous and systems for managing direct and structural violence are struggling to address issues like the police brutality experienced by African American populations or women’s lived experience of sexual abuse and harassment. Forgiveness can play a role in many conflicts, what can it do in …
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How does the analysis of structural violence help to explain the persistence of the Israel-Palestine conflict? A case study of the barrier
… goal-ownership of the same piece of land. Violence has constituted a characteristic feature of this struggle, widely employed by the two peoples. The analysis of violence, however, has often been limited to acts of direct and physical violence that can be attributed to an individual …
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Providing Trauma and Violence Informed Care to Preservice Teachers: A look into perceived behaviours and self-efficacy when working with children impacted by interpersonal and structural violence
Trauma-and-violence-informed-care (TVIC) and its active and anti-oppressive lens, allows for a thorough understanding of traumatic experiences and the impacts these experiences have had on student behaviours (EQUIP Health Care, 2017). Giving preservice teachers education on how to employ TVIC, may …
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Fruit of the Vine, work of human hands : farm workers and alcohol on a farm in Stellenbosch, South Africa
I argue that alcohol is embedded in forces of structural violence that create circumstances of social suffering amongst farm workers in the Western Cape. argue that the labour relations on the research farm are shot through with violence and I trace the use of paternalism as a means to control the …
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Redressing Social Inequality through Transitional Justice
… violations, social inequality and other forms of structural violence, and the need for a broad understanding of transitional justice and its key components. This dissertation addresses the historical and political roots of the field and how these influenced a traditional understanding of …
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Centring stigmatised underserved groups and limiting State competence to counter structural violence:: (Im)permissibility in International Law and South African Law of arrest and detention of undocumented asylum seekers during the asylum application process
… undocumented asylum seekers and amounts to State structural violence. This finding of structural violence can never be permissible in international and constitutional law; therefore, South Africa's competence to introduce measures of arrest and detention in asylum applications must be limited. To …
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"Suffering in the shadows: ""undocumented"" Latin American immigrants, inequality, embodiment and health"
… Latin American migrants experience structural violence and inequality through various pathways (e.g. labor exploitation, detention and deportation, gender based violence, racialized nativism, discrimination and othering, fragmentation of social ties, and internalized suffering), …
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Obtaining Legal Status in the United States: Undocumented Latinas Near Chicago and the Strategic Use of Mental Health
… Latina women are vulnerable to domestic violence in the United States. This thesis analyzes the U-Visa application process experienced by undocumented immigrant crime victims and their legal advisors in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. I focus on the strategic use of mental health by …
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Socioeconomic Determinants of HIV Status in Kenya
… is contracting HIV in Kenya was examined using a structural violence framework. Proponents of the theory suggest that those marginalized for social or economic reasons in any society are at the highest risk of contracting infectious diseases. Because marginalization occurs in different spheres and …
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Exploring the Lived Experiences of Healthcare Executives in the Context of Burnout: A Phenomenological Study
… the study participants did share detail on the structural elements of their jobs that create stressors and frustrations. Supporting themes include resilience, self-awareness and the need for a supportive structure, and structural violence. Perhaps the participants were not burned-out because …
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