Abstract
This article exclusively discusses how institutional lacks of
farsighted policies have deprived doctors of their genuine rights
and privileges. Explicating the applicability of theory of Relative
Deprivation by Robert Ted Gurr, this research finds how
deprivations have strengthened young doctors’ activism leading
to street protests. Study includes a close ended questionnaire
based survey. This survey was conducted on young doctors
working in different hospitals across Pakistan during May 2018 to
March 2019. 1000 participants were selected by snowball
sampling from different cities. Results of survey showed that the
young doctors participating in protests and strikes are suffering
deprivation. It was also observed by the survey team young that
doctors are frustrated by government’s visionary health sector
policies. It is important for the government to address young
doctors’ feeling of deprivation and frustration. It is necessary for
the government to solve the issue by prudent health policies.
Mubashar Hasan Jafri. (2020) Relative Deprivation: A Case Study of Pakistani Young Doctor’s Movement, Pakistan Social Sciences Review, Volume 4, Issue 2.
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