1.2 New Right on the family

Question 1

(New Right) which family type do the New Right view as best/desirable?

Answer 1

nuclear

Question 2

(New Right) why are the new right worried about the nuclear family?

Answer 2

see it as under threat at risk of breaking down

Question 3

(New Right) what evidence do the new right point to for the nuclear family being under threat?

Answer 3

increase in lone parent families
fatherless families
divorce rates
cohabitation
same sex couples

Question 4

(New Right) the nuclear family is being broken down due to decline in what?

Answer 4

traditional family values

Question 5

(New Right) the nuclear family is being broken down due to overgenerous what?

Answer 5

welfare benefits - making it easier for fathers to leave and for women to be single parents

Question 6

(New Right) the nuclear family is being broken down due to the rise of what?

Answer 6

feminism which has devalued the sanctity of marriage, domesticity and child rearing

Question 7

(New Right) the nuclear family is being broken down by increased what?

Answer 7

sexual permissiveness

Question 8

(New Right) the nuclear family is being threatened by greater tolerance of what?

Answer 8

same sex relationships as an alternative to heterosexual marriage

Question 9

(New Right) if the nuclear family breaks down what can it no longer provide?

Answer 9

adequate socialisation

Question 10

(New Right) if children are not adequately socialised what will they do?

Answer 10

underachieve in school and behave in antisocial ways

Question 11

(New Right) overgenerous welfare benefits will lead to what?

Answer 11

welfare dependency and mothers who are married to the state

Question 12

(New Right) what did Murray point to the emergence of?

Answer 12

an underclass of single mothers with inadequately socialised children, reliant on benefits

Question 13

(New Right) one solution is to return to what?

Answer 13

traditional family values e.g. life long marriage, responsibility of parenting

Question 14

(New Right) what is Murray’s solution?

Answer 14

cut welfare benefits or redirect them to two parent households

Question 15

(New Right) the new right can be criticised for blaming what?

Answer 15

the victim

Question 16

(New Right) why might someone be reliant on benefits?

Answer 16

death of a spouse
unemployment
disability

Question 17

(New Right) what do the new right ignore or assume?

Answer 17

that the nuclear family is dominant and the best type of family