Eduqas GCSE Sociology · C200
Component 1
Revise: New Right Views of the FamilyMurray calls the resulting reliance on benefits a dependency culture. He associates this with an underclass: a group he describes as dependent on welfare and lacking an aspiration to work. This is his interpretation of people receiving support, not a neutral description of all benefit recipients.
- Revise: Decline of the Traditional Family
A pattern of relying on welfare benefits which, according to the New Right, can become accepted as a way of life and discourage paid work and personal responsibility.