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Proposed Changes to Economic Violence Article

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Economic violence

Economic Violence is a form of Structural Violence in which groups of people are deprived of critical economic resources. Bandy X. Lee, a psychiatrist and scholar on the subject of violence, notes that such economic constraints are among the "avoidable limitations that society places on groups of people [which] constrain them from meeting their basic needs and achieving the quality of life that would otherwise be possible." As with other forms of Structural Violence, it is typically inflicted by institutions to the effect of "[exercising] power over particular subjects"

NOTE: Flesh out the following four sections, then write a paragraph summarizing them here.

"Economic Violence" may also refer to Economic Abuse, a form of domestic violence.

History of Economic Violence[edit]

Sylvia Federici chapter: "From Commoning to Debt." Gives an overview of the trajectory of primitive accumulation from commons enclosure to contemporary financial instruments. Use this to give a basic history of land deprivation leading to forced dependency on landowners and feudalism/capitalism. Make sure this flows coherently into the next segment, which will explain how enclosure and forced dependency are still in effect today.

Economic Violence as a Structural Force[edit]

In theory (eg Smith, Wealth of Nations), free market represents the will of "the people." Prices and production determined by consumer demand, which is purported to mediate material needs more efficiently than, for example, central economic planning by a government.

Critics of this theory include Vandana Shiva essay. Land Wars and the Great Land Grab. Provides concrete examples which could build upon Federici's theoretical framework.

David Harvey: gives broad analysis of primitive accumulation as an ongoing process / the political maneuvering, offshore wars, coups etc that were necessary to marketize nations in the global south. Use this book to demonstrate the perspective that "economic violence" is enforced with physical wars and violence; should not be misunderstood as an "abstract" concept.

FIND SOURCES FOR:

• Land dispossession as "offshoring" much of the physical violence inherent to violent economic policies
• United Fruit Company as a classic example of business' role in EV
• Regime change in Latin America as classic example of governments' role in EV: United States involvement in regime change in Latin America
• Make it clear that economic violence comes from policies that are administered through government as well as non-government entities, ie US coups / Dole Inc. This is why it's a form of Structural Violence - there is no single entity who is giving orders, it's all obfuscated through decentralized actors who are taking advantage of policy over which the victims have no control, input, authority etc.

"David Harvey expands upon Marx’s thinking by reimagining primitive accumulation as a dynamic and ongoing process—one which must constantly seek new frontiers of human and resource exploitation in accordance with capital’s logic of infinite growth. To this end, its agents deploy a sophisticated arsenal of tools including violence, legal and financial instruments. Harvey (2003, 137) terms this process accumulation by dispossession." <- Don't publish (THIS IS FROM AN OLD ASSIGNMENT), just work the source into the structural definition

Accumulation by dispossession: "At the heart of accumulation by dispossession is the private control of the quantity of money supply that can be manipulated for private gain, which includes creating unemployment or restive conditions in the population."

Economic Violence as Invisible Violence[edit]

David Graeber's Debt: supports idea that the violence described by Harvey is sanitized and legitimated through the institution of "the economy."

Wendy Brown, use quotes from this book to explain how "the economy" needs to be mystified as an impartial and natural force of good so that it can legitimate policies which cause violence, suffering and death.

Munkirs: Use his study to provide counter-argument re: shibboleths about the market representing the "will of the people" rather than the wills of a very small minority of financial planners. Make sure to cite this as a heterodox idea, since markets as "will of the people" is still a widely-held belief/remember not to promote your own bias. Be very clear not to adopt conspiratorial tone about "financial planners," find more recent data besides Munkirs'.

FIND SOURCES FOR:

• Updated Munkirs

Resistance to Economic Violence[edit]

Javier Sethness Castro: essay on "alternative area studies" which outlines the political strategies certain grassroots movements (eg Zapatistas) to "exit" the global market.

From Accumulation By Dispossession's examples of resistance movements segment:

• The Homeless Workers' Movement in Brazil
• The Landless Peoples Movement in South Africa
• The Landless Workers' Movement in Brazil

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