New Rights : Class Inequalities

Question 1

What are the new right theories for class inequality ?

Answer 1

• Saunders : in defence of inequality
• Murray : underclass

Question 2

What does Saunders: in defence of inequality argue about society ?

Answer 2

Society based on social equality and like be possible if considerable force were used

Question 3

What example does Saunders: in defense of inequality use for force ?

Answer 3

threat of death or imprisonment

Question 4

What does using force ensure according to Saunders : in defence of inequality?

Answer 4

To ensure that everyone did their jobs to the best of their abilities because not be motivated by economic rewards

Question 5

What forms of equality does Saunders : in defence of inequality support ?

Answer 5

Legal equality and equality of opportunity

Question 6

What equality does Saunder: in defense of inequality reject ?

Answer 6

Equality of outcomes

Question 7

What is legal equality ?

Answer 7

being judged by the same laws and having the same legal right

Question 8

What is equality of opportunity?

Answer 8

Everyone has the same chances to compete for unequal rewards

Question 9

What is equality of outcomes ?

Answer 9

Everyone being rewarded in the same way whether they deserve it or not

Question 10

What does Saunder say is a desirable form of equality?

Answer 10

Degree of inequality as motivates people to compete and have equal opportunity to take part in competition

Question 11

What is Saunders critical of ?

Answer 11

• Labour Party as wants to equalize society by taxing rich to pay benefits
• education as wants to give w/c to do well as m/c children but m/c are more intelligent and able than w/c children

Question 12

What are the evaluation of Saunders ?

Answer 12

• can we trust free market capitalism to allow equality of opportunity or legal equality ?
• are people only motivated by external rewards ?
• Tumin: power and rewards

Question 13

What is the evaluation can we trust free market capitalism to allow equality of opportunity or legal equality ?

Answer 13

• Saunders is mistaken to assume that capitalist societies based on free market necessarily offers individuals more freedom than socialist or communist societies which seek to make people equal

Question 14

Are people only motivated by external rewards evaluation by Saunders ?

Answer 14

Is it true that rewards motivate people to do demanding jobs ? Does not account for those motivated by altruism or sense of service

Question 15

What does Tumin power and rewards : evaluation of Saunders say ?

Answer 15

Those in higher paid jobs reflects their power rather than agreement to society that they need it

Question 16

What does Charles Muarry : the underclass say ?

Answer 16

• government provides welfare benefits for unemployed and lone parent families
• creating dependency culture : no motivation to better themselves
• creation of underclass
• poor socialise children that turn to crime
• unemployment= irresponsible attitudes
• expecting state to support

Question 17

What are the evaluation of Murray ?

Answer 17

• real views on welfare benifits
• victim blaming
• the real cause of poverty

Question 18

What does the real views of those on welfare benefits evaluation of Murray say ?

Answer 18

Only a minority have the attitude described my Murray as underclass and most people on benefits want to work and earn a living

Question 19

What does the real cause of poverty say according to Charles Muarry evaluation ?

Answer 19

Many poor people have more than one job and poverty is due to low pay rather than poor work ethic

Question 20

What does victim blaming Muarry evaluation say ?

Answer 20

Blaming the poor for their own poverty and blaming the victims , Marxist will argue that the capitalist system is what leads to poverty and inequality