Perceived relative power predicts harsher expected reaction to norm violations

Evidence

In a major study that looked at Hindu–Muslim relations in India, Ghosh, Kumar, and Tripathi (1992) found that the more power members of a group thought their group had relative to the other group involved in transgression of their group norm, the more negatively they expected their own group members to react to violation of their norms. Relative deprivation and relative power were found related in this study. Conceptually, the two variables are different although both are features of social structures. Relative deprivation is characterised more with the feelings of injustice and power with regard to exercising influence to support the choices that the group or group members make. — R. C. Tripathi, R. Kumar, and V. N. Tripathi, When the Advantaged Feel Victimised, 29

Categorization

• XREF: Directly feeds the cross-national test the reader is building against US whiteness studies. — connects to: Perceived illegitimacy of advantage triggers dominant-group hostility — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 807; Perceived external threat strengthens in-group solidarity and norm enforcement across cultures; Perceived group power and competition, not negative traits, determine stereotyping and scapegoating — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice: Society,…, 196 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Perceived illegitimacy of advantage triggers dominant-group hostility #corroborates (0.75) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 807
• Perceived external threat strengthens in-group solidarity and norm enforcement across cultures #corroborates (0.75)
• Perceived group power and competition, not negative traits, determine stereotyping and scapegoating #corroborates (0.75) — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice, 196
• Equality gains by subordinate groups trigger perceived threat in dominant groups #corroborates (0.75) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 151
• Salient threat cues raise perceived threat probability and trigger preemptive retaliation #corroborates (0.75) — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 694