NEW RIGHT VIEW ON SOCIAL CLASS INEQ

Question 1

summarise the new right view of social class ineq

Answer 1

social class ineq product of inadequate N+V of the underclass

Question 2

what new right thinker identified the ‘underclass’?

Answer 2

Charles Murray

Question 3

who is part of the underclass?

Answer 3

single parent families, disabled and minority ethnic groups

Question 4

what did Murray propose the government do?

Answer 4

reduce or cut benefits

Question 5

Murray said that benefits created…

Answer 5

dependency culture

welfare dependency

Question 6

Saunders said that…

Answer 6

those who are poor and unqualified experience multiple levels of inequality due to meritocracy (get what they deserve)

Question 7

Saunders argued that social inequality is a…

Answer 7

product of capitalism, those who get the top positions in society are motivated by consumer goods

Question 8

new right thinkers are seen to ________ the WC

Answer 8

generalise the WC and those who do not conform to ‘acceptable’ N+V

Question 9

how would marxists criticise the new right?

Answer 9

say NR do not recognise structural disadvantages faced by those at the bottom of society

Question 10

Walker found…

Answer 10

50% of those born into disadvantaged home did not end up disadvantaged shows N+V not always followed, can work hard

Question 11

Young described the new right as..

Answer 11

being a ‘sociology of vindictiveness’ punish and demean underclass making them scapegoats