The New Right
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- Created on: 02-05-17 21:15
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- The New Right
- Criticisms
- Feminism
- Increased divorce means women can leave abusive relationships
- Gender roles are determined through socialisation rather than biologically fixed
- Chester
- NR exaggerates the extent of single-parent families and co-habiting couples
- Nuclear Families are still common
- NR exaggerates the extent of single-parent families and co-habiting couples
- Feminism
- Evidence that Family Diversity is an Issue
- Higher family breakdown in unmarried couples
- Children from broken home = 5x more likely to develop emotional problems and 9x more likely to be criminals
- Causes of Decline in the Nuclear Family
- Secularisation
- Overgenerous welfare state
- Influence of Feminism
- EPA/SDA
- Growth of Cohabitation
- Single-parent families = 2x as likely to be in poverty
- Underclass/ 'culture of dependency' developing
- Key Figure: Charles Murray
- Found there was the development of an underclass
- Believes that theres an increase in 'young, healthy low-income males who chose not to take jobs'
- Many grew up without a father and male wage earner
- Female headed families are dependent on the welfare state
- Key Beliefs
- Dominated politics between 1979-1997
- One correct family = nuclear
- Growth of diversity = social problems
- crime and decline in morals
- Welfare state has led to dependency culture
- Criticisms
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