Relative deprivation is:

a. the frustration that people feel when they see their relatives doing better economically than they are doing.
b. the discrepancy between what people believe they are entitled to and what they actually have or believe they can attain.
c. the variation in standards of living among the nations of the world.
d. the belief that the rate of poverty cannot be reduced.


Answer: b

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