Class Inequality: New Right explanations of Class Inequality

Question 1

What do the New Right believe about social mobility?

Answer 1

There is social mobility

Question 2

Which New Right sociologist said all people in society have legal equality in the workplace?

Answer 2

Saunders

Question 3

According to Saunders, what is equality of outcome?

Answer 3

When people get the same rewards regardless of their ability

Question 4

According to Saunders, what is equality of opportunity?

Answer 4

Everyone in society is given the same opportunities to succeed or fail

Question 5

Which one is less realistic to achieve in society out of equality of outcomes or opportunity?

Answer 5

Equality of outcomes?

Question 6

What would equality of outcome mean for all students taking GCSE’s?

Answer 6

They would all get 9s in their GCSEs

Question 7

What does equality of opportunity mean for all students taking GCSE’s?

Answer 7

Students have the opportunity to work hard and get good GCSE’s or not work hard and do badly in them

Question 8

Which Marxists would argue meritocracy is a myth?

Answer 8

Bowles and Gintis

Question 9

What did Bowles and Gintis say working class students blame their failure on?

Answer 9

Themselves

Question 10

What do Bowles and Gintis say causes the failure of working class students?

Answer 10

Capitalism

Question 11

What form of deprivation do working class students experience, according to Bowles and Gintis?

Answer 11

Material deprivation

Question 12

Which New Right sociologist says reliance on the state has led to class inequality?

Answer 12

Murray

Question 13

What form of culture does Murray say has developed among people who claim benefits when they don’t need to?

Answer 13

Dependency culture

Question 14

What does Murray say has developed in society as a result of the welfare state?

Answer 14

An underclass

Question 15

What are the 2 classifications of poor people according to Murray?

Answer 15

Respectable poor, Unrespectable poor

Question 16

What do the Unrespectable poor do?

Answer 16

Claim benefits

Question 17

What does Murray say occurs when the underclass teachers their children to also claim benefits?

Answer 17

A cycle of deprivation is created

Question 18

What type of state did Marlsand say Britain was?

Answer 18

A nanny state

Question 19

According to Marsland, why is it called a nanny state?

Answer 19

It is too easy to claim benefits and it is too much money

Question 20

Which sociologist would say New Right have based these views on the working class off of a stereotype?

Answer 20

Owen Jones

Question 21

What was the name of the book Owen Jones wrote?

Answer 21

Chavs

Question 22

What did Owen Jones say was the reality of employment for many working class people?

Answer 22

They were in work

Question 23

Which instution stigmatises the working class, according to Owen Jones?

Answer 23

The media

Question 24

According to Owen Jones, why do many working class people claim benefits despite being in employment?

Answer 24

They are paid too little to manage on their own

Question 25

Which New Right sociologist believed inequality in the education system was caused by the rise of the underclass?

Answer 25

Murray

Question 26

What does Murray say about the primary socialisation underclass youths experience in relation to parent presence?

Answer 26

They only have their mothers to socialise them

Question 27

What does Murray say is the impact for underclass boys experiencing inefficient primary socialisation?

Answer 27

They will not learn the importance of having a role model who is a male breadwinner

Question 28

What will be the impact of inefficient primary socialisation for boys in the underclass when they join school?

Answer 28

They join anti-school subcultures.

Question 29

How many points lower in Attainment 8 score did DfE Data (2020) show FSM eligible students have compared to middle class students?

Answer 29

14 points lower

Question 30

What would Interactionists say about this New Right argument?

Answer 30

They do not take into account how labelling can impact working class students

Question 31

Which Interactionists found teachers labelled students as disruptive and unmotivated?

Answer 31

Dunne and Gazeley

Question 32

What was the impact of the negative labelling by teachers according to Dunne and Gazeley?

Answer 32

They became self-fulfilling prophecies

Question 33

What exam paper classification were working class students put into as a result in Dunne and Gazeley's study?

Answer 33

Foundation papers

Question 34

What was the impact of working class students being put to do foundation papers?

Answer 34

They had a lower attainment