New Right Explanations of Inequalities

Class, Ethnicity, Gender (CEG)

Saunders → Social Class

→ inequality must occur to encourage competition

→ a society based on social equality would only be possible if considerable force were used, e.g., threat of death or imprisonment, do jobs at best of their abilities

→ agrees with legal equality and equality of opportunity

→ disagrees with equality of outcomes - everyone being rewarded in the same way whether they deserve it or not

→ argues that a degree of inequality is desirable and functional to motivate people to compete, as long as everyone has an equal opportunity to take part

Murray → Social Class

→If work is done to try and equalise society, individuals become complacent

→ welfare benefits = dependency culture - not motivation to work/improve lives = underclass (people trapped at the bottom of society

→ underclass drain taxpayers + poor socialisation of children (underachievement, crime)

→ more births outside of wedlock causes rising crime and youth unemployment - irresponsible attitudes spreading

→his solution for this:

• reducing benefits

• less government intervention (does more harm than good)

• encourage people to be independent

• support from UK conservative politician

Marsland → Social Class

Herrnstein & Murray → Social Class

Murray - Gender

Dennis and Erdos - Gender

Murray - Gender

Gilder - Gender

Herrnstein and Murray - Ethnicity

Murray - Ethnicity

sEwell - Ethnicity

sOwell - Ethnicity