Social movements, relative deprivation and cellular automata

In the last few years, we have seen the birth of social movements that, in some cases, have resulted in outbreaks of violence around the world. Experts have suggested the theory of relative deprivation to describe the origin of these movements. This research proposes a relative deprivation index (RDI) to measure the potential for current social satisfaction/discontent. Additionally, a cellular automaton is employed to evaluate how the RDI turns into future satisfied, indifferent, and dissatisfied citizens. The proposed theory is applied to a practical case, and a software tool for its solution is presented.