Group-based relative deprivation explains extremism endorsement among Western-born Muslims

Evidence

Milan Obaidi, Robin Bergh, Nazar Akrami, and Gulnaz Anjum, “Group-Based Relative Deprivation Explains Endorsement of Extremism among Western-Born Muslims,” Psychological Science 30, no. 4 (2019): 596–605. — Lea Echelmeyer, Anne-Marie Slotboom, and Frank Weerman, The Putative Effect of Identity on…, 267

Categorization

• XREF: Relative deprivation rather than identity per se drives endorsement — a key disconfirmation candidate for identity-centered mechanisms. — connects to: perceived disrespect and loss of significance drive extremism more than poverty does — Ryan Andrew Brown, Todd C. Helmus, Rajeev Ramchand, Alina I. Palimaru, Sarah Weilant, Ashley L. Rhoades, and Liisa Hiatt (RAND Corporation), Violent Extremism in America:…, 157; Cultural alienation and marginalization predict extremism across both minority and majority groups. — Lea Echelmeyer, Anne-Marie Slotboom, and Frank Weerman, The Putative Effect of Identity on…, 219