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  2. Social deprivation - Wikipedia

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    Social deprivation is the reduction or prevention of culturally normal interaction between an individual and the rest of society. This social deprivation is included in a broad network of correlated factors that contribute to social exclusion; these factors include mental illness, poverty, poor education, and low socioeconomic status, norms and values.

  3. Social exclusion - Wikipedia

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    In an alternative conceptualization, social exclusion theoretically emerges at the individual or group level on four correlated dimensions: insufficient access to social rights, material deprivation, limited social participation and a lack of normative integration. It is then regarded as the combined result of personal risk factors (age, gender ...

  4. Cultural deprivation - Wikipedia

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    Cultural deprivation is a theory in sociology where a person has inferior norms, values, skills and knowledge. The theory states that people of lower social classes experience cultural deprivation compared with those above and that this disadvantages them, as a result of which the gap between classes increases.

  5. Solitude - Wikipedia

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    Short-term solitude is often valued as a time when one may work, think, or rest without disturbance. It may be desired for the sake of privacy . Long-term solitude may stem from soured relationships, loss of loved ones, deliberate choice, infectious disease , mental disorders , neurological disorders such as circadian rhythm sleep disorder , or ...

  6. Culture of poverty - Wikipedia

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    In sociology and anthropology, the concept created a backlash, pushing scholars to look to structures rather than "blaming-the-victim" (Bourgois 2001). [ 10 ] Since the late 1990s, the culture of poverty has witnessed a resurgence in social sciences, but most scholars now reject the notion of a monolithic and unchanging culture of poverty.

  7. Tocqueville effect - Wikipedia

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    Ted Robert Gurr also used the term relative deprivation to put forth that revolutions happen when there is an expectation of improvement, and a harsh reality in contrast. [ 10 ] There is an increased chance of the Tocqueville paradox happening in centrally planned but locally implemented reforms, when local implementation falls short of the ...

  8. Relative deprivation - Wikipedia

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    It is a term used in social sciences to describe feelings or measures of economic, political, or social deprivation that are relative rather than absolute. [3] The term is inextricably linked to the similar terms poverty and social exclusion. [5]

  9. Rural poverty - Wikipedia

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    Rural poverty refers to situations where people living in non-urban regions are in a state or condition of lacking the financial resources and essentials for living. It takes account of factors of rural society, rural economy, and political systems that give rise to the marginalization and economic disadvantage found there. [1]