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1
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summarise the new right view of social class ineq

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social class ineq product of inadequate N+V of the underclass

2
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what new right thinker identified the ‘underclass’?

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Charles Murray

3
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who is part of the underclass?

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single parent families, disabled and minority ethnic groups

4
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what did Murray propose the government do?

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reduce or cut benefits

5
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Murray said that benefits created…

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dependency culture

welfare dependency

6
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Saunders said that…

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those who are poor and unqualified experience multiple levels of inequality due to meritocracy (get what they deserve)

7
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Saunders argued that social inequality is a…

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product of capitalism, those who get the top positions in society are motivated by consumer goods

8
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new right thinkers are seen to ________ the WC

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generalise the WC and those who do not conform to ‘acceptable’ N+V

9
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how would marxists criticise the new right?

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say NR do not recognise structural disadvantages faced by those at the bottom of society

10
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Walker found…

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50% of those born into disadvantaged home did not end up disadvantaged shows N+V not always followed, can work hard

11
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Young described the new right as..

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being a ‘sociology of vindictiveness’ punish and demean underclass making them scapegoats