ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE ON THE SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF RIOT CITIES

In: Social science quarterly, Band 51, Heft 2, S. 339-348

Abstract

This study challenges the spate of literature that has appeared in recent yrs which supports the 'deprivation theory' of Ur soc unrest. The deprivation thesis asserts that Ur hostilities are attributable to the low SES of Ur racial minorities. On the basis of detailed multiple regression analyses, it is concluded that the connections between SE deprivation & Ur disorders are neither simple nor direct. It is further suggested that additional theoretical & empirical res is needed to ascertain, sci'ly, the 'causes' of riots. AA.