Author Question: What is the core idea of the theory of relative deprivation? What will be an ideal ... (Read 29 times)

crazycityslicker · **on:** Jul 1, 2018

What is the core idea of the theory of relative deprivation?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

The locating of dangerous facilities, dump sites, and tank farms on the borders of low-income and minority communities with relatively little political power is known as:

a. social disaster
b. a new species of trouble
c. environmental racism
d. catastrophe

leeeep · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 1, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Poverty and misery do not in themselves explain why people join revolutionary social movements. Rather, it is the feeling of deprivation relative to others that gives rise to revolutionary social pressures. If others are doing better than we are, we are likely to feel a sense of injustice and perhaps even anger.

Answer to Question 2

C