Advances in Relative Deprivation Theory and Research

The focus of this special issue is relative deprivation (RD): the judgment that one or one’s group is worse off compared to some standard accompanied by feelings of anger and resentment. This collection of seven papers demonstrates the range of the new thinking and research about RD, and they includ...

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Published in:Social justice research Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 1 - 6
Main Authors: Smith, Heather J., Pettigrew, Thomas F.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Boston Springer US 01.03.2015
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Anger
Anthropology
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Black people
Blacks
Canada
Collective action
Culture
Deprivation
Emotions
Gratification
Hostility
Maoris
Netherlands
New Zealand
New Zealand English
Personality and Social Psychology
Philosophy
Political Science
Prejudice
Psychology
Relative Deprivation
Resentment
Singapore
Social justice
Social Policy
Sociology
South Africa
South African English
New Zealand
United States > US
Deservingness
Resentment
Comparison
Prejudice
Relative gratification
Collective action
Relative deprivation
ISSN:0885-7466, 1573-6725
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Summary:The focus of this special issue is relative deprivation (RD): the judgment that one or one’s group is worse off compared to some standard accompanied by feelings of anger and resentment. This collection of seven papers demonstrates the range of the new thinking and research about RD, and they include data from an impressive variety of participants—including Canadians (both French- and English-speakers), Dutch, the Maoris of New Zealand, Mongols, Singaporeans, and South Africans (both Blacks and Whites). These seven papers show that if RD, and its counterpart, relative gratification, are defined carefully, at the right level of analysis and employed within larger theoretical models, the concept offers invaluable insight to how people respond to often dramatic changes in their objective circumstances.
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ISSN:0885-7466
1573-6725
DOI:10.1007/s11211-014-0231-5