Class - New Right

Question 1

Saunders

Answer 1

A degree of inequality is desirable and functional to motivate people to compete, so long as everyone has equal opportunities to compete.

Social equality is only possible if considerable force is used, such as the threat of imprisonment or death, to ensure that everyone does their job to a high standard.

Question 2

Critique of Saunders

Answer 2

People don’t have equal opportunities, Wilson and Pickett (2009)

Question 3

Murray

Answer 3

Everyone should compete and work hard, it’s our own fault if we don’t. Social inequality is good motivation to become less reliant on the state.

Providing benefits to unemployed and single parent families has discouraged them from seeking work (dependency culture) = underclass.

Question 4

Eval of Murray

Answer 4

Many unemployed individuals genuinely want to work - Charlesworth and Barwise/Ehrenberg