Relative Deprivation and Cognitive Appraisal of Emotion and Their Relationship to Collective Action

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan D. Hartmann ◽  
Mindi D. Foster
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Relative Deprivation ◽  
Cognitive Appraisal

scholarly journals We predict a riot: inequality, relative deprivation and collective destruction in the lab (Dezecache, Allen, von Zimmermann & Richardson, in press)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillaume Dezecache ◽  
James M. Allen ◽  
Jorina von Zimmermann ◽  
Daniel C. Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Relative Deprivation ◽  
Population Data ◽  
The Other ◽  
Agent Based Models ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Psychological Mechanisms ◽  
Post Hoc

Riots are unpredictable and dangerous. Our understanding of the factors that cause riots are based on correlational observations of population data, or post hoc introspection of individuals. To complement these accounts, we developed innovative experimental techniques, investigated the psychological factors of rioting, and explored their consequences with agent-based simulations. We created a game, ‘Parklife’, that physically co-present participants played using smartphones. In two teams, participants tapped on their screen to grow trees and flowerbeds on separate but adjacent virtual parks. Participants could also tap to vandalise the other team’s park. In some conditions, we surreptitiously introduced inequity between the teams so that one (the disadvantaged team) had to tap more for each reward. The experience of inequity caused the disadvantaged team to engage in more destruction, and to report higher relative deprivation and frustration. Agent-based models suggested that acts of destruction were driven by the interaction between individual level of frustration and the team’s behaviour. Our results provide insights into the psychological mechanisms underlying collective action.

scholarly journals Swaying to the extreme: Group relative deprivation predicts voting for an extreme right party in the French presidential election

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karolina Urbanska ◽  
Serge Guimond
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Social Dominance ◽  
Relative Deprivation ◽  
Social Dominance Orientation ◽  
French Population ◽  
Extreme Right ◽  
Protest Movements ◽  
Considerable Evidence

Why do people vote for the extreme right (ER)? Despite considerable evidence suggesting therole of group relative deprivation (GRD) in accounting for prejudice, collective action andsupport for protest movements, there is surprisingly little research that has tested the impactof various types of relative deprivation in explaining the support for the ER. Using a large andrepresentative sample of the French population tested before the 2012 presidential election,we hypothesised and found that GRD is a better predictor of the intention to vote for MarineLe Pen, the ER candidate, than individual relative deprivation. GRD remained a significantpredictor of voting for the ER even when controlling for social dominance orientation andprejudice, while it did not predict self-placement on the left-right political continuum. Thus,the sense that the French as a group are unjustly treated compared to immigrants living inFrance underpins the vote for the ER but not, as we demonstrate, for any other populist party.We discuss how the rhetoric of the ER parties can appeal to voters and expand their base overand above the support coming from those who are overtly prejudiced. Data andsupplementary materials [doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/C3K9Y]

Psychosocial pathways of collective action participation in NIMBY conflict: A regulated double mediation model

2020 ◽  
pp. 002072092093142
Author(s):  
Bin Guo ◽  
KunJi Li
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Relative Deprivation ◽  
Group Identity ◽  
Group Effectiveness ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Deprivation Group ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Group Emotions

Frequent NIMBY conflicts have seriously affected social stability and urban development. This paper aims to explore the psychosocial path of people participating in the collective action of NIMBY conflict, and to provide theoretical basis for effective governance of NIMBY conflict. By integrating the psychosocial explanatory variables related to collective action, we construct a regulated double mediation Model, which is empirically tested with 566 questionnaires from the NIMBY conflict in gaoling, China. The results show that: group relative deprivation, group emotions and group effectiveness have positive effects on people's NIMBY conflict participation tendency; group effectiveness and group emotions are important mediating variables of group relative deprivation affecting people's NIMBY conflict participation tendency; group identity has a positive adjustment effect on people's group emotions, group effectiveness, and the participation tendency of NIMBY conflict. The research indicates that group relative deprivation is the key precursor of NIMBY conflict, group emotion is the key factor driving the deterioration of NIMBY conflict, and group identity is the key factor catalyzing the occurrence of NIMBY conflict. This study helps to explain the psychological mechanism of people's participation in NIMBY conflict, and has certain implications for the prevention and governance of NIMBY conflict.

scholarly journals We predict a riot: inequity, relative deprivation and collective destruction in the laboratory

2021 ◽  
Vol 288 (1959) ◽  
pp. 20203091
Author(s):  
Guillaume Dezecache ◽  
James M. Allen ◽  
Jorina von Zimmermann ◽  
Daniel C. Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Relative Deprivation ◽  
Population Data ◽  
The Other ◽  
Agent Based Models ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Psychological Mechanisms ◽  
Post Hoc

Riots are unpredictable and dangerous. Our understanding of the factors that cause riots is based on correlational observations of population data, or post hoc introspection of individuals. To complement these accounts, we developed innovative experimental techniques, investigated the psychological factors of rioting and explored their consequences with agent-based simulations. We created a game, ‘Parklife’, that physically co-present participants played using smartphones. In two teams, participants tapped on their screen to grow trees and flowerbeds on separate but adjacent virtual parks. Participants could also tap to vandalize the other team's park. In some conditions, we surreptitiously introduced inequity between the teams so that one (the disadvantaged team) had to tap more for each reward. The experience of inequity caused the disadvantaged team to engage in more destruction, and to report higher relative deprivation and frustration. Agent-based models suggested that acts of destruction were driven by the interaction between individual level of frustration and the team's behaviour. Our results provide insights into the psychological mechanisms underlying collective action.

Relative Deprivation Theory

2019 ◽  
pp. 495-526
Author(s):  
Heather J. Smith ◽  
Thomas F. Pettigrew ◽  
Yuen J. Huo
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Relative Deprivation ◽  
Health Attitudes ◽  
Conceptual Tool ◽  
History Of ◽  
Upward Comparison ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Attitudes And Behavior

Relative deprivation (RD) is the product of an upward comparison that indicates that one’s disadvantaged situation is undeserved coupled with anger and resentment. RD is associated with reduced psychological health and increased individual deviance and collective action. This chapter (a) reviews the history of RD to illustrate its value as a conceptual tool, (b) discusses what is known about the different ways in which people respond to RD, and (c) explores how different comparison types inform the RD experience and its outcomes. If correctly measured, RD illuminates how people’s subjective interpretations of their economic circumstances impacts their health, attitudes and behavior.

Perceived violation of rights and interests and collective action participation in China

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 719-732 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guanglu Xu ◽  
Huizhang Shen ◽  
Christian Bock
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Relative Deprivation ◽  
Social Deprivation ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Political Interest ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Public Administrators ◽  
Mediation Effects ◽  
Rights And Interests ◽  
Chinese General Social Survey

We examined the relationship between individuals' perceived violation of rights and interests and their participation in collective action. In addition, we examined the mediation effects of perceived relative deprivation and political interest. We used data from the Chinese General Social Survey conducted in 2010, which resulted in a sample size of 11,121. Results showed that, after controlling for demographic variables, perceived violation of rights and interests significantly increased the probability of individuals participating in collective action. Further testing showed that perceived relative economic deprivation had a significant mediation effect. Although perceived violation of rights and interests also increased individuals' perceived relative social deprivation, the perception of relative social deprivation did not have an effect on collective action participation. Political interest, however, had a significant mediation effect. Practical implications for public administrators in China are discussed.

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