Preferred Term
POLITICAL VIOLENCE
Scope Note
Use of violence as a way of attaining political objectives
Used For
VIOLENT RESISTANCE TO GOVERNMENT
Hierarchy
01 - POLITICAL AND LEGAL QUESTIONS
Broader Terms
POLITICAL CONDITIONS, INSTITUTIONS, MOVEMENTS
VIOLENCE
Narrower Terms
RIOTS
TERRORISM
Related Terms
ASSASSINATION
CIVIL WAR
COUPS D'ETAT
DIPLOMATS' SECURITY
MASSACRES
POLITICAL CRIMES
POLITICAL OPPOSITION
POLITICAL REPRESSION
REVOLUTIONS
STATE OF EMERGENCY
URI
http://metadata.un.org/thesaurus/1004998
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Language Equivalents
ar
العنف السياسي
zh
政治暴力
en
POLITICAL VIOLENCE
fr
VIOLENCE POLITIQUE
ru
Политическое насилие
es
VIOLENCIA POLITICA