info on runciman and stouffer et al particularly appreciated
2006-11-18 03:38:05 · 9 answers · asked by SA 1 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
when one lives in a society and struggling to consume products those are not defined as luxury in that society because of lack of income, that person is in relative deprivation.
for instance, someone can be seens as relatively deprived if he lives in London, with no TV because he cannot afford one, with no mobile phone and have never been to cinema because of lack of money, or children cannot take part in certain common activities outside the main ciriculum because of the family cannot afford it.
2006-11-18 06:41:20 · answer #1 · answered by demographer_uk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Define Relative Deprivation
2016-10-04 01:30:22 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means any form of lack of resources that makes you feel and experience social marginality. It contrasts with absolute deprivation which means the the lack of resources(food, water, health services, protection from danger), threatens your life. Most poverty in Western societies falls into the category of relative not absolute deprivantion. If parents can't afford basic things like textbooks, school uniforms, transport costs of sendng their kids to school, or the kit for playing football etc then that so marginalises their children from normal society that they experience relative deprivation Or if the school discussions are centred around the latest TV show and the family can't afford a TV then that also marginalises the children Homelessness is a third example.. You could probably think of a few more. If the deprivation is also widespread in the local community that you live in, esepcially if there are clear class, ethnicity, illegal migration bases to this inequality, then it is likely to cause widespread feelings in that community, and eventually to actions that become social movements The Rosa Parks example (below ) is often cited as the beginning of the 1960s Civil Rights movement. (Rosa Parks, in the 1950s, on being told she could not sit in the seat in the front of the bus because she was an African American , broke the law by refusing to move) ...................... ...on the other hand Marc's answer is absolutely spot on (lol) -
2016-05-22 00:51:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
everything is relative to something as in another influence in life. Relative deprivation would be how deprived in relation to those around and the norms of the society you live in. Your idea of deprived would not be the same as someone living in a famine area or other extreme circumstances. Everything is relative......relative wealth, relative values...etc
2006-11-18 21:22:00 · answer #4 · answered by eagledreams 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-18 03:42:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Relative deprivation is when your family refuses to come to your house for Thanksgiving.
2006-11-18 03:45:02 · answer #6 · answered by Spud55 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who and what?
I have heard of relative poverty, which is when you think that you are poor, but only in relation to other people like David Beckham etc., but that is only because they earn so much money!
2006-11-18 03:44:33 · answer #7 · answered by Tom A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.ifs.org.uk/elsa/report06/ch10.pdf
2006-11-18 03:42:10 · answer #8 · answered by richard_beckham2001 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont know dont care
2006-11-18 04:37:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋