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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"relative deprivation"”.
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Military coups d' etat and relative deprivation : Nigeria and Ghana
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Military coups d' etat and relative deprivation : Nigeria and Ghana
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Relative Deprivation Theory and Its Application to the Study of Politics
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Perceived Deprivation in Active Duty Military Nurse Anesthetists
… service to civilian careers could be a result of relative deprivation (the discrepancy that one perceives between what one has and what one could or should have). Relative deprivation is a perception of unfairness dependent on feelings (subjective data) as well as facts (objective data). Purpose: …
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Toward an integrated explanation of female criminality: the deprivation-compensation model
… was to investigate the explanatory power of the deprivation-compensation model of criminality. This new model of crime commission incorporates two social psycholoical constructs - relative deprivation and limited rationality - which partially mediate the relationship between structural and …
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Inequality and International Human Trafficking Flows: A Network Analysis
… human trafficking data to test whether or not relative deprivation is a better explanatory factor of the likelihood of country-to-country human trafficking connections than simply using individual country scores. I use five indicators that measure development, economic health, and political …
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A multivariate analysis of satisfaction among Virginia community college students
… from their educational experiences, has received relatively little emphasis in educational and sociological literature. Thus, the purpose of this study is to develop a causal model explaining satisfaction among Virginia Community College students. Path analysis was used to investigate the …
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Migrant-Funded Development: The Influence of Mexican Hometown Associations on Development Indicators
… Specifically, the two complementary theories of relative deprivation and social networks are examined to explore possible associations between level of household development and migrants' designation of savings or remittances towards development-related purposes and whether remittances are …
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Investigation of Causes and Evaluation of Programs: three applications of Health Economics
… attempts to examine the effects of household relative deprivation on children's health outcomes. A modified household production model is developed with energy intake, energy expenditure and a composite good as main inputs in the health production. A two-stage Stackelberg game facilitates the …
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Feeding unrest : food prices, food security and protest participation in Africa and South Africa
… of the structural factors contributing to relative deprivation in South Africa. Finally, the results of an original survey conducted in a service delivery protest hotspot in Cape Town, reveals that food insecurity is a significant determinant of individual protest participation. These macro …
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AllPay and no work: spheres of belonging under duress
… achieving "positive personhood". In a context of relative deprivation being socially valued is critical for belonging to "coping systems", the systems of support and reciprocity that cushion the worst aspects of suffering.
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Rural-urban migration and subjective well-being the South African experience
… income, housing standards, access to utilities, relative deprivation, interpersonal trust, crime and safety, physical health and depression. In particular the paper looks at subjective well-being, defined in terms of individuals self-reported satisfaction with life.
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The Immigration Paradox: Exploring Filipino American Psychological Distress
… psychological distress among Filipino Americans. Relative deprivation was not associated with psychological distress, and the effect of selective migration is explained away when language and ethnic identification are controlled. Use of native language benefits U.S. born and adult immigrant …
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Structural Indicators of Index Crime Rates in Metropolitan Counties for 1990 and 2000
… that economic inequality, a measure of relative deprivation, will be a more consistent structural indicator of crime than poverty, a measure of absolute deprivation. Twelve independent structural variables based on 1990 and 2000 Census data are placed in ordinary least-squares regression …
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The Nexus between the Ballot and Bullet: Popular Support for the PKK and Post-election Violence in Turkey
… Resource Mobilization Theory (RMT) and Relative Deprivation Theory (RD), were used as theoretical approach. The study uses secondary data and constructs a longitudinal design. An advanced statistical analysis technique, a generalized hierarchical linear model: time nested within subjects …
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Parasitic infections and storage iron deficiency in children in improverished regions of Mauritius
Using a combination of techniques including relative deprivation index developed by the Government, school performance, household survey and drawing of lots, a sample frame constituting of poverty areas of Mauritius was constructed and four test areas identified. Relevant haematological, …
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Understanding Boko Haram
… of an ideology. The second uses theories of relative deprivation and frustration-aggression to find motivation in the harsh socioeconomic reality faced by the majority of people in northern Nigeria. This project demonstrates that both of these lenses are problematic and allow for only a …
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