Volume 2: Political Regulation, Governance, and Societal Transformations
The issues of conflict, violence and social progress and their interrelations have long been topics of philosophical discussion. Underling this chapter is the necessity to achieve social change and social progress through public action. Violence, especially in its more intense and extreme forms, often serves as a major impediment to social progress; it leads to or catalyzes a range of direct physical and humanitarian harms for the population (such as human losses and displacement), as well as socio-economic, environmental and other damage. However, social change may itself imply popular protest against repressive conditions such as repressive governments, foreign occupation or colonial rule. This protest may be exercised through non-violent means, but sometimes through violence.
This chapter invites the readers to come with suggestions for conclusions building, for instance, on notions such as resilience, human security and human rights.