Key Theorist: Charles One of the key problems for the New

Murray – New Right is Right is the decline of the Nuclear

less of a sociological Family. Increases in single parent and
approach and more of cohabitation are worrying trends for
a political ideology the New Right as they see marriage
as being a cornerstone of stability in
society. The New Right adopt some
Key ideas of New Right functionalist ideas, such as the
New Right

are based upon Neo- importance of family as providing the

conservative social basic needs of society rather than the
policies and Neo- state. In single parent families, they
liberal economic argue, there is a lack of adequate
policy. This included: socialisation, particularly of males
- Free Market and a need for the state to financially
Economics support single mothers.
- Reduced State
Intervention
- Individual Another key issue is that of
Responsibility Marketisation. New Right thinkers
- Traditional Values believe that education, healthcare and
other institutions can only be run
The New Right believe that permissive social policies of the 1960s efficiently if they are owned by private
and 70s led to a culture of dependency and a culture of poverty, businesses, promoting competition and
with Murray in particular suggesting that an underclass of idle giving people choice over education
young men is destabilising society and healthcare.