Structural Violence and Relative Deprivation: Precursors to Collective Political Violence in Sierra Leone

Abstract

After more than five decades of independence in many Sub-Saharan African states, the widespread lack of basic human needs is still pervasive, permeative, permanent, and visible in the region. In particular, insecurities are endemic in the areas of food, health, politics, and income, among others. The objective of this analysis is to examine how the combination of structural violence and relative deprivation are associated with and/or were predictors of civil strife in Sierra Leone between 1991 and 2002. In other words, the focus is on analyzing one key question: In what ways did structural violence deepen insecurities and intensify relative deprivation in Sierra Leone and contribute to civil war?

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1131248

Entities

People

  • Earl Conteh-morgan

Organizations

  • Joint Special Operations University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Defense
  • Civil War
  • Crime
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of State
  • Education
  • Governments
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Insurgency
  • Labor Unions
  • Materials
  • Money
  • National Governments
  • New York
  • Security
  • Societies
  • Standards
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Violence

Readers

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  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.