new right perspective

murray

• perverse incentives
• underclass
• dependency culture
• absent fathers

murray - perverse incentives

you get cash for having kids while being unmarried, almost encouraging single parent families

murray - underclass

created by welfare dependency, leads to absent fathers

murray - dependency culture

the underclass rely on the state to receive benefits

donzelot

policing of families and households

donzelot - policing of families and households

policies in which state agencies monitor families, especially poor families

henricson - social liberalism and interventionism

argues that the result of these interventionist policies was 25% reduction in child poverty, however they also introduced controlling policies (2003 change to parenting orders which allowed for welfare benefits to be withdrawn of parents didn't attend parenting training)

morgan

• nuclear family is being undermined
• state as child carer
• state as breadwinner

morgan - nuclear family is being undermined

all traditional families are being undermined through no fault divorce laws & etc

morgan - state as child carer

government acting as if it's responsible for looking after children

morgan - state as breadwinner

government acting as the provider of families' material needs

(feminists) abbott and wallace - new right influence on social policy

idea that the influence of the new right is still there as women are still considered to be the primary care-giver

hayton

traditionalists and modernisers in the conservative party

hayton - traditionalists and modernisers in the conservative party

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