Structural violence
Violence is not limited to violent events. People can be killed, psychologically harmed, maldeveloped or deprived through violent socioeconomic or political structures (Galtung 1996).
Structural violence exists at all levels of society. It is intertwined with the abuse of social and economic rights (Farmer 2005). Survival needs, for instance, can be violated by severe exploitation of people in a weaker position, for example by employing them in unsafe and unhealthy working conditions such as sweatshops, or through the imposition of onerous trade taxes on small producers of coffee and other primary goods.