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To put Singer’s (1992) work on relative deprivation and responses to preferential treatment in context, studies from a procedural justice perspective are reviewed. That review suggests that the psychological dynamics of preferential treatment are well accounted for by concepts derived from theories of procedural justice. It is thus argued that, to be parsimonious, Singer’s work is best conceptualized in procedural justice rather than relative deprivation terms.
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Nacoste, R.B. Procedural justice and preferential treatment: A brief review and comment. Current Psychology 12, 230–235 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02686805
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