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Full Idea
Groups can be oppressed in seven different ways: by violence, marginalisation, powerlessness, cultural domination, exploitation, stigmatisation, neglect of interests, and lack of egalitarian ethos.
Gist of Idea
There are eight different ways in which groups of people can be oppressed
Source
report of Andrew Shorten (Contemporary Political Theory [2016], 08) by PG - Db (ideas)
Book Ref
Shorten,Andrew: 'Contemporary Political Theory' [Palgrave 2016], p.218
A Reaction
[my summary of Shorten's summary] These headings seem to overlap somewhat. It strengthens my growing view that if one builds a political philosophy around the supreme virtue of respect, then all of these modes of oppression are undermined.