The Precariat
The precariat are generally in low-income, insecure employment, rent rather than own their own homes and have low levels of social and cultural capital.
The precariat are generally in low-income, insecure employment, rent rather than own their own homes and have low levels of social and cultural capital.
In this post I summarize some recent sociological research which suggests newspapers and ‘reality T.V. shows represent benefits claimants in
The Troubled Families Programme is a good example of a New Right social policy aimed at tackling criminality by targeting
Charles Murray’s Underclass Theory – the idea that there is a ‘hardcore’ of a few hundred thousand families and individuals
Prison statistics suggest the lower class commit more crime, which consensus theorists and right realists accept, but Marxists believe the crimes of the elite are hidden and yet more harmful.
An American Sociologist Charles Murray (1989) first coined the term ‘the underclass’ to refer to that group of people in
The New Right believe the traditional nuclear family is the ideal type of family. They support social policies which encourage nuclear families – they are pro marriage and against benefits for single mothers.