Discussion
Which of the following factors is not important part of the relative deprivation theory of revolution ?
Answer: C
The factor that is not part of the theory is the one about actors' rational calculation of interests making revolutionary participation seem rational.
Relative deprivation theory, developed by Ted Gurr in Why Men Rebel (1970), is a social-psychological explanation. Revolutions arise when the gap between what people expect and what they get grows, especially when expectations rise faster than achievements, producing discontent and frustration that turn into collective violence. Rising expectations, discontent tied to inequality and social-psychological dynamics are therefore all central to it.
The idea that revolution occurs when people's rational cost-benefit calculation makes participation worthwhile belongs to rational choice theory, a rival approach that rejects the frustration-aggression reasoning of relative deprivation.
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