New Right Flashcards
new right - main focus
nuclear family & kinship network perform important/beneficial function
obtains social stability; provides emotional security, socialisation & conformity to social norms/values
new right - what is the best family type?
traditional heterosexual nuclear family with traditional division of gender roles
best way of bringing up children to become conforming responsible adults
new right - social changes leads to …
decline of traditional family life rising lack of respect anti-social behaviour lack of discipline education underachievement alcohol/drug abuse crime dependency on welfare
new right - murray & marsland
welfare state undermined personal responsibility & importance of support from families
encourages single women to have children they can’t afford
new right - what does welfare contribute to?
emergence of dependency culture: life centred on dependence on others underclass that avoids word by living of benefits
new right - solution
return of traditional family values
government policies reducing benefits to non-conventional family units
new right - criticisms
rosy view of family life
ignores dark side
re-establishing romanticised era of happy families that never existed
