The new right. Flashcards
What do the new right believe?
- They believe the traditional nuclear family and the gender division of female as home-make and male as provider is natural, normal and idea.
- It ensures that he family is self-reliant and not dependent on the state.
What were the new right concerned about?
They were concerned about the decline of the traditional nuclear family and rises in divorce rates and the impact they had on wider society.
Who believed in the dependency culture?
Charles Murray
What did he believe dependency culture created?
Created a generation of “idle young men” - many of whom lacked discipline from absent fathers and developed “underclass”
- “underclass” often deviant and criminal delinquent behaviours.
What did Dennis and Erdos write about?
- Wrote about their fears for the future of the family “families without fathers”.
What did Dennis and Erdos argue happens to individuals without father figures?
-They argues that without father figures, families lacked that necessary “masculine discipline”.
-This contributed to anti-social behaviour, a lack of prominent male figures and gang culture as a result.
What is the evidence of the decline of the nuclear family?
The new right believe that the statistical drop in marriages, increase in divorce and diverse families is evidence of the decline.
What are the causes of decline of nuclear family?
- Increased divorce rates.
- Gay and lesbian families.
- Lone parents.
- Cohabitation increases.
What are the consequences of decline of nuclear family?
- Anti-social behaviour.
- Lack of discipline in school.
- Educational underachievement.
- Alcohol and drug abuse.
- Crime.
What do they believe will change in decline of nuclear family?
- Marriage tax allowances.
- Caps on housing benefits.
- Fines for parents removing children from school.
- Parent classes for those with anti-social families.
