Week Seventeen - Relative Deprivation

Question 1

Relative deprivation is conventionally thought of as a gaze upwards

Answer 1

Relative deprivation is conventionally thought of as a gaze upwards: it is the frustration of those denied equality in the market place to those of equal merit and application.

Question 2

But deprivation is also a gaze downwards

Answer 2

But deprivation is also a gaze downwards: it is dismay at the relative well-being of those who although below on the social hierarchy are perceived as unfairly advantaged: they make too easy a living even if it is not as good as one’s own