2.1: The New Right

Question 1

A what rather than a sociological theory, the origins of New Right ideas lie in the theories of who?

Answer 1

A political stance rather than a sociological theory, the origins of New Right ideas lie in the theories of liberal economists

Question 2

A political stance rather than a sociological theory, the origins of New Right ideas lie in the theories of liberal economists, such as who?

Answer 2

A political stance rather than a sociological theory, the origins of New Right ideas lie in the theories of liberal economists, such as Adam Smith

Question 3

A political stance rather than a sociological theory, the origins of New Right ideas lie in the theories of liberal economists, such as Adam Smith (what years)?

Answer 3

A political stance rather than a sociological theory, the origins of New Right ideas lie in the theories of liberal economists, such as Adam Smith (1723 - 1790)

Question 4

A political stance rather than a sociological theory, the origins of New Right ideas lie in the theories of liberal economists, such as Adam Smith (1723 - 1790), who argued what?

Answer 4

A political stance rather than a sociological theory, the origins of New Right ideas lie in the theories of liberal economists, such as Adam Smith (1723 - 1790), who argued that capitalist societies work best when there is a free market

Question 5

A political stance rather than a sociological theory, the origins of New Right ideas lie in the theories of liberal economists, such as Adam Smith (1723 - 1790), who argued that capitalist societies work best when there is a free market.
This means that the state should avoid what?

Answer 5

This means that the state should avoid interfering in the economy

Question 6

A political stance rather than a sociological theory, the origins of New Right ideas lie in the theories of liberal economists, such as Adam Smith (1723 - 1790), who argued that capitalist societies work best when there is a free market.
This means that the state should avoid interfering in the economy, for example by doing what?

Answer 6

This means that the state should avoid interfering in the economy, for example by:
1. Restricting trade
Or,
2. Setting the price of goods or wages

Question 7

A political stance rather than a sociological theory, the origins of New Right ideas lie in the theories of liberal economists, such as Adam Smith (1723 - 1790), who argued that capitalist societies work best when there is a free market.
This means that the state should avoid interfering in the economy, for example by restricting trade or setting the price of goods or wages.
Smith argued that this should be left to what?

Answer 7

Smith argued that this should be left to the hidden hand of the market

Question 8

A political stance rather than a sociological theory, the origins of New Right ideas lie in the theories of liberal economists, such as Adam Smith (1723 - 1790), who argued that capitalist societies work best when there is a free market.
This means that the state should avoid interfering in the economy, for example by restricting trade or setting the price of goods or wages.
Smith argued that this should be left to the hidden hand of the market and determined by the law of what?

Answer 8

Smith argued that this should be:

1. Left to the hidden hand of the market
2. Determined by the law of supply and demand

Question 9

A political stance rather than a sociological theory, the origins of New Right ideas lie in the theories of liberal economists, such as Adam Smith (1723 - 1790), who argued that capitalist societies work best when there is a free market.
This means that the state should avoid interfering in the economy, for example by restricting trade or setting the price of goods or wages.
Smith argued that this should be left to the hidden hand of the market and determined by the law of supply and demand.
If lots of people want something (demand), what will happen?

Answer 9

If lots of people want something (demand):

1. The price will rise
2. This will encourage more producers to supply it, bringing the price back down to a reasonable level

Question 10

A political stance rather than a sociological theory, the origins of New Right ideas lie in the theories of liberal economists, such as Adam Smith (1723 - 1790), who argued that capitalist societies work best when there is a free market.
This means that the state should avoid interfering in the economy, for example by restricting trade or setting the price of goods or wages.
Smith argued that this should be left to the hidden hand of the market and determined by the law of supply and demand.
If lots of people want something (demand), the price will rise and this will encourage more producers to supply it, bringing the price back down to a reasonable level, because there will be what?

Answer 10

If lots of people want something (demand):

1. The price will rise
2. This will encourage more producers to supply it, bringing the price back down to a reasonable level, because there will be more competition

Question 11

A political stance rather than a sociological theory, the origins of New Right ideas lie in the theories of liberal economists, such as Adam Smith (1723 - 1790), who argued that capitalist societies work best when there is a free market.
This means that the state should avoid interfering in the economy, for example by restricting trade or setting the price of goods or wages.
Smith argued that this should be left to the hidden hand of the market and determined by the law of supply and demand.
If lots of people want something (demand), the price will rise and this will encourage more producers to supply it, bringing the price back down to a reasonable level, because there will be more competition.
Smith’s ideas were revived by who when?

Answer 11

Smith’s ideas were revived by neo-liberals in the 20th century

Question 12

A political stance rather than a sociological theory, the origins of New Right ideas lie in the theories of liberal economists, such as Adam Smith (1723 - 1790), who argued that capitalist societies work best when there is a free market.
This means that the state should avoid interfering in the economy, for example by restricting trade or setting the price of goods or wages.
Smith argued that this should be left to the hidden hand of the market and determined by the law of supply and demand.
If lots of people want something (demand), the price will rise and this will encourage more producers to supply it, bringing the price back down to a reasonable level, because there will be more competition.
Smith’s ideas were revived by neo-liberals in the 20th century such as who?

Answer 12

Smith’s ideas were revived by neo-liberals in the 20th century such as Friedrich Hayek (1944)

Question 13

A political stance rather than a sociological theory, the origins of New Right ideas lie in the theories of liberal economists, such as Adam Smith (1723 - 1790), who argued that capitalist societies work best when there is a free market.
This means that the state should avoid interfering in the economy, for example by restricting trade or setting the price of goods or wages.
Smith argued that this should be left to the hidden hand of the market and determined by the law of supply and demand.
If lots of people want something (demand), the price will rise and this will encourage more producers to supply it, bringing the price back down to a reasonable level, because there will be more competition.
Smith’s ideas were revived by neo-liberals in the 20th century such as Friedrich Hayek (1944), who argued that individuals had the greatest freedom in a what society?

Answer 13

Smith’s ideas were revived by neo-liberals in the 20th century such as Friedrich Hayek (1944), who argued that individuals had the greatest freedom in a free market capitalist society

Question 14

Smith’s ideas were revived by neo-liberals in the 20th century such as Friedrich Hayek (1944), who argued that individuals had the greatest freedom in a free market capitalist society.
Although state intervention to do what might be well meaning, it ultimately created more problems?

Answer 14

Although state intervention to:
1. Control the economy
2. Reduce problems like poverty and unemployment
might be well meaning, it ultimately created more problems

Question 15

Smith’s ideas were revived by neo-liberals in the 20th century such as Friedrich Hayek (1944), who argued that individuals had the greatest freedom in a free market capitalist society.
Although state intervention to control the economy and reduce problems like poverty and unemployment might be well meaning, it ultimately created more problems.
For Hayek, the policies pursed by Labour governments in Britain such as what represented the beginning of what?

Answer 15

For Hayek, the policies pursed by Labour governments in Britain such as:
1. Nationalising key industries
2. Introducing a welfare state
represented the beginning of a ‘road to serfdom’

Question 16

Smith’s ideas were revived by neo-liberals in the 20th century such as Friedrich Hayek (1944), who argued that individuals had the greatest freedom in a free market capitalist society.
Although state intervention to control the economy and reduce problems like poverty and unemployment might be well meaning, it ultimately created more problems.
For Hayek, the policies pursed by Labour governments in Britain such as nationalising key industries and introducing a welfare state represented the beginning of a ‘road to serfdom,’ whereby the state would do what?

Answer 16

For Hayek, the policies pursed by Labour governments in Britain such as nationalising key industries and introducing a welfare state represented the beginning of a ‘road to serfdom,’ whereby the state would:

1. Run people’s lives
2. Take away the freedom of the individual

Question 17

Smith’s ideas were revived by neo-liberals in the 20th century such as Friedrich Hayek (1944), who argued that individuals had the greatest freedom in a free market capitalist society.
Although state intervention to control the economy and reduce problems like poverty and unemployment might be well meaning, it ultimately created more problems.
For Hayek, the policies pursed by Labour governments in Britain such as nationalising key industries and introducing a welfare state represented the beginning of a ‘road to serfdom,’ whereby the state would run people’s lives and take away the freedom of the individual.
Hayek’s ideas were an important influence on who?

Answer 17

Hayek’s ideas were an important influence on the Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

Question 18

Hayek’s ideas were an important influence on the Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (what years)?

Answer 18

Hayek’s ideas were an important influence on the Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (1979 - 1990)

Question 19

Hayek’s ideas were an important influence on the Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (1979 - 1990), who did what?

Answer 19

Hayek’s ideas were an important influence on the Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (1979 - 1990), who:

1. Tried to cut back on state welfare expenditure
2. Privatised many of the government owned industries

Question 20

Hayek’s ideas were an important influence on the Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (1979 - 1990), who tried to cut back on state welfare expenditure and privatised many of the government owned industries, such as what?

Answer 20

Hayek’s ideas were an important influence on the Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (1979 - 1990), who:

1. Tried to cut back on state welfare expenditure
2. Privatised many of the government owned industries, such as coal, gas and the railways

Question 21

Perhaps the most influential New Right thinker in terms of sociological debates has been who?

Answer 21

Perhaps the most influential New Right thinker in terms of sociological debates has been the American political scientist Charles Murray

Question 22

The New Right is a what theory?

Answer 22

The New Right is a:
1. Macro
2. Structural
2. Consensus
theory

Question 23

For the New Right, what are absolutely essential?

Answer 23

For the New Right, nuclear families are absolutely essential

Question 24

For the New Right, nuclear families are absolutely essential.
Other family types, especially lone-parent families, are what?

Answer 24

Other family types, especially lone-parent families, are bad for society

Question 25

For the New Right, nuclear families are absolutely essential.
Other family types, especially lone-parent families, are bad for society, because the children will have what?

Answer 25

Other family types, especially lone-parent families, are bad for society, because the children will have:

1. No father figure
2. So no role model

Question 26

For the New Right, nuclear families are absolutely essential.
Other family types, especially lone-parent families, are bad for society, because the children will have no father figure and so no role model and will show what and will do what?

Answer 26

Other family types, especially lone-parent families, are bad for society, because the children will have no father figure and so no role model and will:

1. Show deviant behaviour
2. Drop out of school and be jobless

Question 27

What is an ideal family for the New Right?

Answer 27

An ideal family for the New Right is:

1. A nuclear family
2. White
3. Heterosexual
4. Middle class
5. Male breadwinner
6. Female nurturer and homemaker

Question 28

Perhaps the most influential New Right thinker in terms of sociological debates has been the American political scientist Charles Murray.
Murray (1984) argued that in both Britain and the USA, what had led to a dependency culture?

Answer 28

Murray (1984) argued that in both Britain and the USA, excessive government intervention to:
1. Try
2. Alleviate
poverty by providing the poor with benefits had led to a dependency culture

Question 29

Perhaps the most influential New Right thinker in terms of sociological debates has been the American political scientist Charles Murray.
Murray (1984) argued that in both Britain and the USA, excessive government intervention to try and alleviate poverty by providing the poor with benefits had led to a dependency culture, whereby what?

Answer 29

Murray (1984) argued that in both Britain and the USA, excessive government intervention to try and alleviate poverty by providing the poor with benefits had led to a dependency culture, whereby groups such as:
1. The unemployed
2. Lone parents
were rewarded for irresponsible behaviour

Question 30

Perhaps the most influential New Right thinker in terms of sociological debates has been the American political scientist Charles Murray.
Murray (1984) argued that in both Britain and the USA, excessive government intervention to try and alleviate poverty by providing the poor with benefits had led to a dependency culture, whereby groups such as the unemployed and lone parents were rewarded for irresponsible behaviour, for example what?

Answer 30

Murray (1984) argued that in both Britain and the USA, excessive government intervention to try and alleviate poverty by providing the poor with benefits had led to a dependency culture, whereby groups such as the unemployed and lone parents were rewarded for irresponsible behaviour, for example:
1. Failing to look for work
Or,
2. Having children outside marriage when unable to support them

Question 31

Perhaps the most influential New Right thinker in terms of sociological debates has been the American political scientist Charles Murray.
Murray (1984) argued that in both Britain and the USA, excessive government intervention to try and alleviate poverty by providing the poor with benefits had led to a dependency culture, whereby groups such as the unemployed and lone parents were rewarded for irresponsible behaviour.
Murray argued that this had led to what?

Answer 31

Murray argued that this had led to the emergence of an underclass of people

Question 32

Perhaps the most influential New Right thinker in terms of sociological debates has been the American political scientist Charles Murray.
Murray (1984) argued that in both Britain and the USA, excessive government intervention to try and alleviate poverty by providing the poor with benefits had led to a dependency culture, whereby groups such as the unemployed and lone parents were rewarded for irresponsible behaviour.
Murray argued that this had led to the emergence of an underclass of people, who what?

Answer 32

Murray argued that this had led to the emergence of an underclass of people, who:

1. Were separated from the rest of society
2. Lacked a commitment to the norms of the wider society

Question 33

Perhaps the most influential New Right thinker in terms of sociological debates has been the American political scientist Charles Murray.
Murray (1984) argued that in both Britain and the USA, excessive government intervention to try and alleviate poverty by providing the poor with benefits had led to a dependency culture, whereby groups such as the unemployed and lone parents were rewarded for irresponsible behaviour.
Murray argued that this had led to the emergence of an underclass of people, who were separated from the rest of society and lacked a commitment to the norms of the wider society, such as what?

Answer 33

Murray argued that this had led to the emergence of an underclass of people, who were separated from the rest of society and lacked a commitment to the norms of the wider society, such as:

1. Hard work
2. Self-discipline
3. Bringing children up within marriage

Question 34

Perhaps the most influential New Right thinker in terms of sociological debates has been the American political scientist Charles Murray.
Murray (1984) argued that in both Britain and the USA, excessive government intervention to try and alleviate poverty by providing the poor with benefits had led to a dependency culture, whereby groups such as the unemployed and lone parents were rewarded for irresponsible behaviour.
Murray argued that this had led to the emergence of an underclass of people, who were separated from the rest of society and lacked a commitment to the norms of the wider society.
Murray (1990) later blamed what on the underclass?

Answer 34

Murray (1990) later blamed rising levels of crime in:
1. Britain
2. The USA
on the underclass

Question 35

Murray (1990) later blamed rising levels of crime in Britain and the USA on the underclass, suggesting what?

Answer 35

Murray (1990) later blamed rising levels of crime in Britain and the USA on the underclass, suggesting that the growth of lone parent families meant that an increasing number of poor children were:

1. Growing up without a father figure or discipline in the home
2. Consequently turning to crime

Question 36

New Right ideas have some similarities to what?

Answer 36

New Right ideas have some similarities to functionalism

Question 37

New Right ideas have some similarities to functionalism, offering what?

Answer 37

New Right ideas have some similarities to functionalism, offering a politically conservative viewpoint

Question 38

New Right ideas have some similarities to functionalism, offering a politically conservative viewpoint that supports what?

Answer 38

New Right ideas have some similarities to functionalism, offering a politically conservative viewpoint that supports the capitalist economic system

Question 39

New Right ideas have some similarities to functionalism, offering a politically conservative viewpoint that supports the capitalist economic system.
British sociologist, who (1988), argues that most British sociologists are influenced by what?

Answer 39

British sociologist, David Marsland (1988) argues that most British sociologists are influenced by Marxism

Question 40

New Right ideas have some similarities to functionalism, offering a politically conservative viewpoint that supports the capitalist economic system.
British sociologist, David Marsland (1988) argues that most British sociologists are influenced by Marxism and fail to teach students about what?

Answer 40

British sociologist, David Marsland (1988) argues that most British sociologists:

1. Are influenced by Marxism
2. Fail to teach students about the potential benefits of capitalism

Question 41

New Right ideas have some similarities to functionalism, offering a politically conservative viewpoint that supports the capitalist economic system.
British sociologist, David Marsland (1988) argues that most British sociologists are influenced by Marxism and fail to teach students about the potential benefits of capitalism, instead focusing on what?

Answer 41

British sociologist, David Marsland (1988) argues that most British sociologists:

1. Are influenced by Marxism
2. Fail to teach students about the potential benefits of capitalism, instead focusing on the alleged problems of living in an unequal society

Question 42

However, critics of the New Right argue that many of their arguments are not based on clear what?

Answer 42

However, critics of the New Right argue that many of their arguments are not based on clear sociological evidence

Question 43

However, critics of the New Right argue that many of their arguments are not based on clear sociological evidence.
Example

Answer 43

For example, Murray’s view that the poor are:
1. Feckless
2. Irresponsible
is contradicted by numerous studies of poor people

Question 44

However, critics of the New Right argue that many of their arguments are not based on clear sociological evidence.
For example, Murray’s view that the poor are feckless and irresponsible is contradicted by numerous studies of poor people, which reveal that groups such as the unemployed and lone parents mostly aspire to what?

Answer 44

For example, Murray’s view that the poor are feckless and irresponsible is contradicted by numerous studies of poor people, which reveal that groups such as:
1. The unemployed
2. Lone parents
mostly aspire to the same things as other people

Question 45

However, critics of the New Right argue that many of their arguments are not based on clear sociological evidence.
For example, Murray’s view that the poor are feckless and irresponsible is contradicted by numerous studies of poor people, which reveal that groups such as the unemployed and lone parents mostly aspire to the same things as other people, such as what?

Answer 45

For example, Murray’s view that the poor are feckless and irresponsible is contradicted by numerous studies of poor people, which reveal that groups such as the unemployed and lone parents mostly aspire to the same things as other people, such as:

1. Economic security
2. Stable family life

Question 46

However, critics of the New Right argue that many of their arguments are not based on clear sociological evidence.
For example, Murray’s view that the poor are feckless and irresponsible is contradicted by numerous studies of poor people, which reveal that groups such as the unemployed and lone parents mostly aspire to the same things as other people, such as economic security and stable family life, and find themselves dependent on benefits not through choice, but because of what?

Answer 46

For example, Murray’s view that the poor are feckless and irresponsible is contradicted by numerous studies of poor people, which reveal that groups such as the unemployed and lone parents:

1. Mostly aspire to the same things as other people, such as economic security and stable family life
2. Find themselves dependent on benefits not through choice, but because of circumstances beyond their control