political Culture of Violence in Developing Democracies
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2019-07
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Studies ill Politics and Society,
Abstract
'\'iolence inhibits gron·th,. development and democratic sustenance of any ~oulltry /1l
The II '0 rId. Viol~nce has Its culture with definite .structures through IVhi~h If ~perates
. different ell/lies. TIlls structure enables II 10 continually manifest In such
~~JI//liliniTY. The political structure of violence is referred 10 as a 'virus genome' ill
Ihis paper. The genollle is a compound camp/ex structure. This genome in all
cOJl//ll/(/1ities of/Oil'S violence to strive amidst of all political, social, economic and
institutio/lal measures. Hall' can the political culture and structure of violence be
broken? Qualitative research method is used to obtain data. Relative deprivation
theory is applied in explaining the root cause of violence in the society. This paper
revealed that political culture of violence in developing democracies and developed
alike has its origin which is traceable to bad governance and the deprivation of the
people of their C0l111110n good. In order to break the political culture and structure of
violence, good governance and prompt policy actions are inevitable
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Democracies, ,, Good Governance, Insecurity, Relative, Deprivation, Violence, Virus Genome