CUET Preparation Today
| Select a statement which raises a critique against the relative deprivation theory about a social movement. |
Relative deprivation results in chaos and riots not in social movements. Relative deprivation can be an important background for the emergence of social movements, but that alone cannot create a social movement. Social movements give rise to relative deprivation. Relative deprivation is a psychological aspect of social life it doesn't have any connection with social movements. |
| Relative deprivation can be an important background for the emergence of social movements, but that alone cannot create a social movement. |
| The limitations of this theory are that while perceptions of deprivation may be a necessary condition for collective action, they are not a sufficient reason in themselves. All instances where people feel relatively deprived do not result in social movements. |
