PSCI 3603 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Relative Deprivation, Liberation Tigers Of Tamil Eelam, Social Capital
1 Aug 2016
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Lecture 6 armed conflict: rebellion and organized crime as an extension of protest, rebellion and organized crime as an extension of criminal activity. The dominant paradigm: economic deprivation and unjust repressive government results in conflict. Relative deprivation thesis (gurr 1970: key question: why do aggrieved people sometimes turn to violence, the potential for collective violence varies strongly with the intensity and scope of relative deprivation amongst members of a society. Economic growth and conflict: marx/toqueville: revolutions often occur when periods of economic growth are followed by a sharp reversal. Example: engineers of jihad: engineers and doctors are overrepresented among radical islamic groups. People in higher education make up nearly 50%. Rd: gambetta (2016) finds that they joined during labour market downturns. Explanation: high expectations of social mobility + weak job market = frustration. Personality: gambetta (2016) finds a second puzzle: engineers are overrepresented in right-wing groups all over the world; but they don"t join left-wing groups.
