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Flashcards in New Right Deck (7)
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1
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new right - main focus

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nuclear family & kinship network perform important/beneficial function
obtains social stability; provides emotional security, socialisation & conformity to social norms/values

2
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new right - what is the best family type?

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traditional heterosexual nuclear family with traditional division of gender roles
best way of bringing up children to become conforming responsible adults

3
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new right - social changes leads to …

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decline of traditional family life
rising lack of respect 
anti-social behaviour
lack of discipline 
education underachievement 
alcohol/drug abuse
crime
dependency on welfare
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new right - murray & marsland

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welfare state undermined personal responsibility & importance of support from families
encourages single women to have children they can’t afford

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new right - what does welfare contribute to?

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emergence of dependency culture: life centred on dependence on others
underclass that avoids word by living of benefits
6
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new right - solution

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return of traditional family values

government policies reducing benefits to non-conventional family units

7
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new right - criticisms

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rosy view of family life
ignores dark side
re-establishing romanticised era of happy families that never existed