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“Relative deprivation is a major source of ethnic conflict.” Elaborate the statement with relevant examples.

  • UPSC 2024
  • 15 marks
  • Caste, Religion and Ethnicity in Indian Politics

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Groups rarely rebel because they are the poorest; they rebel when denied what they believe is their due, measured against a rival group or their own past. Aristotle anticipated this (Politics, Book V: inferiors revolt to become equal); Ted Robert Gurr made it a theory.

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