new right

• New right

  Murray

  • underclass - lowest social class that relies on the state / benefits
  • underclass - causes crime, birth outside marriage, lack of economic activity among men of working age
  • the underclass was created by threats to the nuclear family AND IVF
• New right

  Dennis + Erdos (2000)

  • children from lone parent families likelier to have lower educational attainment, matrifocal (female headed household) - sons don’t have role models to look up to and get socialised into capitalism, mum can’t discipline sons
  • african caribbean families - children achieve poor education, labelled as badly behaved due to their race, increasing likelihood of child turning to criminality / underclass
• Functionalist + new right

  similarities

  • consensus theory
  • recognises the importance of family as a crucial institution for social stability + upbringing
  • families are vital in primary socialisation, both say traditional nuclear family is most effective for fulfilling familial + societal roles, both acknowiedge families perform essential functions (emotional support economic cooperation, socialisation of children).
• criticism

  - racist overtones to afro-caribbean families

  - blames the victim - underclass can’t help their situation