When over 200,000 people were injured or killed as a result of gas being released from a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal,India,the cause was attributed to a number of factors: the company saving money by not installing safety devices,the political arrangements that enable Union Carbide to build a plant in India,the people living in the vicinity of the plant being too poor to live in safer locations,etc.Thus the people were victims of _______________.

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The term "structural violence" refers to the violence that is built into the structure of a society or institution. In the case of Bhopal, the factors mentioned (such as the lack of safety devices and political arrangements) were all part of the structure and system that allowed the disaster to occur, and which ultimately victimized the people of the area.

When Over 200,000 People Were Injured or Killed as a Result