new right

• murray

  - single parents were bad for society - nuclear family is the ideal family type to maintain stability in society

  - caused crime, drug abuse, unemployment, educational underachievement

  - evaluation

  - blames the poorest section of society for their own poverty (victim blaming)

  - endangers all benefit claimed to be negatively labelled

  - feminists criticise traditional roles new right advocates for
• values traditionalism, hates:

  - divorce

  - single parents

  - cohabitation

  - sexual promiscuity
• similarities with functionalism

  - focuses on shared values - returning to traditional values of family responsibility discipline

  - if one aspect of society falls eg family then this will affect the rest of society eg higher crime rates