Feeling Relative Deprivation: The Rocky Road from Comparisons to Actions

Heather Smith; Iain Walker

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Feeling Relative Deprivation: The Rocky Road from Comparisons to Actions

Heather Smith, Iain Walker

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In this chapter, we build upon the "lessons learned" from relative deprivation (RD) research listed by Pettigrew (2002) to suggest a more complex and useful framework for understanding collective challenges to injustice. We begin with a discussion of social comparisons and argue that we need to investigate the circumstances under which people reframe disadvantageous interpersonal comparisons as disadvantageous intergroup comparisons. Next, we suggest the value in specifying emotional reactions that mediate the relationship between disadvantageous intergroup comparisons and collective action. Finally, we consider why one particular emotional reaction, group-based anger, does not always lead to collective protest. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Improving Intergroup Relations
Subtitle of host publication	Building on the Legacy of Thomas F. Pettigrew
Editors	Ulrich Wagner, Linda Tropp, Gillian Finchilescu, Colin Tredoux
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell
Chapter	15
Pages	225-243
Number of pages	19
ISBN (Print)	9781405169721
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444303117.ch15
Publication status	Published - 11 Jul 2008

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Feeling Relative Deprivation: The Rocky Road from Comparisons to Actions. / Smith, Heather; Walker, Iain.
Improving Intergroup Relations: Building on the Legacy of Thomas F. Pettigrew. ed. / Ulrich Wagner; Linda Tropp; Gillian Finchilescu; Colin Tredoux. Wiley-Blackwell, 2008. p. 225-243.

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