The New Right views on poverty

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  • Created on: 17-09-20 12:46
What is the New Right?
New Right is used in several countries as a descriptive term for various policies or groups that are right-wing
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What does the New Right believe is important?
1) Self interest should be given priority over the needs and welfare of others 2)reduced spending on welfare to encourage people to stand on their own feet 3)Defence of the free market 4)Stress on the importance of traditional institutions and family
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What does the New Right believe about poverty (cultural explanation)?
They have victim-blaming theories and believe the poor are poor because of dependency culture
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Define dependency culture
A culture or lifestyle characterized by individuals’ dependency on state benefits such as welfare
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Define Nanny state
The state is too generous/mollycoddles people
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What's the Mohorovicic discontinuity?
Underclass, Lower working class, Upper working class, Lower middle class, Upper middle class, Upper class
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What does the New Right believe is important?

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1) Self interest should be given priority over the needs and welfare of others 2)reduced spending on welfare to encourage people to stand on their own feet 3)Defence of the free market 4)Stress on the importance of traditional institutions and family

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Define dependency culture

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Define Nanny state

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