The New Right Flashcards
new right
social stability requires people to share and ‘buy into’ the same core values.
> effective socialisation is crucial.
> the family, education, religion and criminal justice system are important to helping society to remain orderly.
New right points out there is a link between:
> poor, fractured family life.
> educational underachievement.
> school exclusion.
> long-term unemployment
> criminal behaviour.
evaluating new right
> new right are elitist - they are accused of protecting the rich at the expense of the poor.
they have a lack of solid evidence to support their views, they over-rely on functionalist research.
there is declining support for them, the guardian article suggests that views on social security, immigration are becoming more liberal.
