new right

Question 1

Why do the New Right oppose single parent families?

Answer 1

• they believe if the child doesn’t have a father, they will not be correctly socialised or disciplined
• they believe single parent families lead to crime and education failure
• not having a male role causes criminality

Question 2

What do they see the family as?

Answer 2

only a man and woman married with children

Question 3

What is the underclass?

Answer 3

• below working class
• receive benefits

Question 4

What do the new right believe about the underclass and benefits?

Answer 4

• the new right believe benefits reward people for bad behavior
• the believe the government shouldn’t help them, and should have a laissez-faire attitude (minimum stake intervention)
• they argue that because of generous benefits we have seen a growth in benefit dependent underclass.

Question 5

What perspective do the new rights have?

Answer 5

• they have a political perspective
• they are influenced by conservative party politics

Question 6

Why is the male role important in the family?

Answer 6

• they argue not having a male role causes criminality
• the children aren’t correctly disciplined
• the children aren’t correctly socialised without a male role

Question 7

What do the new right believe about roles?

Answer 7

• they believe women’s roles (the expressive role) are traditional and biologically natural

Question 8

What do the new right believe the family provide?

Answer 8

the new right (as well as functionalism) see the family as providing socialisation and giving individuals key norms and values to encourage a stable society

Question 9

What are the new rights views similar to?

Answer 9

functionalism

Question 10

What do both functionalists and new right believe about the nuclear family and the roles within it?

Answer 10

• the believe the nuclear family is the cornerstone of society
• they both see the instrumental and expressive roles as a key feature of the nuclear family

Question 11

new right view of divorce

Answer 11

• they see higher divorces a bad thing
• divorce is undesirable because they undermine traditional family values and the nuclear family
• divorce creates an underclass, who depend on benefits and cause crime
• claim children aren’t properly socialised because they lack a role model
• argue divorce allows people to avoid commitment