Belewenis van relatiewe deprivasie in 'n swart stedelike gemeenskap

Abstract

Experience of relative deprivation in a black urban community. The findings of this study showed that the respondents in general experience a reasonably high level of relative deprivation. They are generally dissatisfied with their living conditions, believing that their community Is worse off than others and that they are entitled to better conditions. Regarding the groups with whom the respondents compared their community, It was found that the great majority of comparisons were to whites only. In answer to the question as to why they believed their community was entitled to better conditions, the majority of the respondents used ‘need’ or ‘equal treatment’ as criteria. With regard to participation In decisionmaking, ‘democracy’ was the most important criterion. The criterion of ‘equity’ was, however, used by relatively few respondents in evaluating their position. It was also found that those who experienced the highest levels of relative deprivation were mostly those occupying high class positions (i....