Sociology Inequality New Right

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P - Inequality is linked to the Underclass
E - ONS - “35% of the working class pupils obtained 5 or more GCSEs”
E - New Right - Murray - Underclass
Neo Marxist - Ohlin Whight - Two Polar Classes
L - New Right offers a better explanation than neo marxism

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P - Inequality is linked to the economy
E - West - “66% correlation between free school meals and low attainment”
E - New Right - Friedman et al - free market
Marxism - Marxs - Superstructure
L - New Right offers a better explanation than Marxism

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P - inequality is linked to Social control
E - Maguire - “40%” male prisoners left school before the age of 16”
E - New Right - Saunders - Trickle Down theory
Feminists - Walby - Patriarchal Control
L - New Right offers a better explanation than Feminism

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P - Inequality is linked to societys issues
E - Clarke - “5% of police manpower was allocated to fraud squads”
E - New Right - Spencer - Poverty is beneficial
Postmodernism - Baudrilland - Society is fragmented
L - New Right offers a better explanation than Postmodernism

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P - Inequality is linked to consumerism
E - HESA 2007 - “the gender gap still stands at around 7%”
E - New Right - Saunders - Consumption Cleavage
Neo Weberianism - Barron and Norris - primary, sec labour Market
L - New Right offers a better explanation than Neo Weberianism