Modernist New right

• Blair Years:

  • 1980s
  • He was a long term supporter of being tough on the causes of crime (e.g. poverty)
  • but quickly turned once elected to the view of the problem family being the cause of crime – very new right
• Blair Years :

  • Policies – zero tolerance in terms of policing + prisons
  • Scapegoats – teenage pregnancies, lone mothers, dysfunctional families, work shy + substance abusers which lead to Blair’s solutions of welfare to work policies + cutting benefits
• Coalition + Conservatives (2010-2015):

  • The thatcher legacy of cutting back state + welfare + embracing neo liberalism becomes ever more obvious in recent + current governments
• Dangers of welfare state:

  • This era of cradle to grave support is described as the golden age
  • Hand in hand with Keynesian management policy – implemented post war – credited with securing full employment
  • Any shortfall in consumer spending was compensated by government spending
  • This was discredited in the 1970’s because of the continually rising inflation