PACS201 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Global Health, Liberal Democracy, Kyoto Protocol
23 Feb 2017
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Indicators can be expression of struggle, not recognizing someone"s opinion, confrontation, partisanship, disagreement. Related to the latin confligere, to strike together . What results from the existence, real or imagined, of incompatible interests, goals, beliefs, or activities. There are many ways to handle difference. Conflict is not the same thing as violence!! Conflict is normal, sign of life, natural. Distinction: distinguish between conflicts that are being pursued that are on violent or armed/violent conflict. Relation to the latin violare, to violate . Speaking of harm or degradation: action that violates the wholeness or integrity of a living system. Violence is a condition that deprives us of our full humanity. Structural violence: cold or institutionalized violence cause by social systems, indirect violence: no obvious perpetrator, exploitation, repression, environmental destruction, unequal distribution of life chances. Violence means absence of peace, peace means absence of violence but there is more than one type of peace.
