Relative Deprivation
Specification, Development, and Integration

This book, first published in 2001, features integrative theoretical and empirical work from social psychology, sociology, and psychology.

Iain Walker (Edited by), Heather J. Smith (Edited by)

9780521801324, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 3 December 2001

390 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.69 kg

The relative deprivation construct has been widely used in the social sciences to explain phenomena from experiencing psychosomatic stress to participating in urban riots. It is currently a valuable tool in research, being used especially to understand processes of social identity and responses to disadvantage by both disadvantaged minorities and privileged majorities. Originally published in 2001, this book assembles chapters by leading relative deprivation researchers in order to present comprehensive synthesis of knowledge. Featuring integrative theoretical and empirical work from social psychology, sociology, and psychology, the book provides a highly detailed reference work. It is relevant to researchers in intergroup relations, prejudice, racism, social identity, group processes, social comparison, collective behavior, and social movements. The book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the topic and its practical application.

1. Introduction Iain Walker and Heather Smith
Part I. Specification: 2. Group deprivation, collective threat, and racial resentment: perspectives on white racism Marylee C. Taylor
3. Understanding the nature of group deprivation: does group-based deprivation involve fair outcomes or fair treatment? Tom R. Tyler and E. Allan Lind
4. Relative deprivation and intergroup attitudes: South Africa before and after the transition John Duckitt and Thobi Mputhing
5. Is it just me? The different consequences of personal and group relative deprivation Heather J. Smith and Daniel J. Ortiz
Part II. Development: 6. Personal and group relative deprivation: connecting the 'I' to the 'we' Francine Tougas and Ann M. Beaton
7. 'Poisoning the consciences of the fortunate': the experience of relative advantage and support Colin Wayne Leach, Nastia Snider and Aarti Iyer
8. The embeddedness of social comparison C. David Gartrell
9. Japanese and American reactions to gender discrimination Matthew Crosby, Kazuho Ozawa and Faye Crosby
10. Collective action in response to disadvantage: intergroup perceptions, social identification, and social change Stephen C. Wright and Linda R. Tropp
Part III. Integration: 11. Social identity and relative deprivation Naomi Ellemers
12. Relative deprivation and counterfactual thinking James M. Olson and Neal J. Roese
13. Relative deprivation and attribution: from grievance to action Iain Walker, Ngai Kin Wong and Kerry Kretzschmar
14. Spontaneous temporal and social comparisons in children's conflict narratives Anne Wilson, Etsuko Hoshino-Browne and Michael Ross
15. Prejudice as intergroup emotion: integrating relative deprivation and social comparison Eliot R. Smith and Colin Ho
Part IV. Conclusion: 16. Conclusion Thomas F. Pettigrew.

Subject Areas: The self, ego, identity, personality [JMS]