Question

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 _______________.

A) multinational corporations
B) apartheid
C) structural violence
D) overpopulation
E) cultural pluralism

Answer 1

C. Structural violence

Step-by-step explanation:

Structural violence can be seen as a form of violence in which some social structure or social institution may harm people by preventing them from meeting their basic needs. It is an avoidable form of violence against people. It can be avoided by putting in place safety measures to protect people's lives.

The over 200,000 people who were injured or killed as a result of gas being released from a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal,India, which was caused by a number of factors such as 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 are victims of structural violence.