Question

) Acephie Joseph and ChouChou Louis in Haiti are victims of structural violence. How does Paul Farmer’s concept of structural violence help us understand structural impediments to social mobility in many impoverished countries around our globe?

Answer 1

Answer: Farmer’s point of view focuses on the injustice and sufferings embedded in some parts of the world.

Explanation:

According to Farmer, structural violence is the differences which exist between people in different parts of the world. Farmer explains that while there is abject misery in some part of the world, there are great accumulation of wealth in another part.

According to Farmer, a "structure” is not a material thing but an observable regularity in the activities of human beings which is reflected in their habits, economic arrangement, social relations, law, policies and institutional practices.

Structural violence from Farmer’s point of view focuses on the injustice and sufferings embedded in some parts of the world. Structures that makes life predictable, comfortable, secure and pleasant for some of people makes life unbearable for others through insecurity, violence, poverty and ill-health. He also noted that structures are the result of long histories of economic, political and social struggle.