Relative Deprivation Theory

 Relative deprivation theory is based on the concept of deprivation, which indicates difference between what one expects in life and what s/he eventually gets. People feel deprived when they get much less than what they have expected or what they have been promised. This can lead to aggression and make people enter into conflict with others. Absolute deprivation is associated with starvation and poverty. Ted Robert Gurr used the concept of relative deprivation in explaining ethnic conflicts.

According to Relative deprivation theory, conflict arises when people feel deprived of things they expected in life or were promised.

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