Outline the new right view of the role of education
Outline the new right view of the role of education According to the New Right’s beliefs, the role of education is to instil drive, initiative and enterprise. The New Right believe this will come from competition between schools and colleges, motivating teachers to improve standards and providing parents and students with a choice of schools and colleges. The New Right see them as being similar to functionalists and they believe in the freedom of the individual with less central control. They believe in free market principles within education with a desire to reduce public spending, they also believe that education as an important part in the process of socialisation. They believe that education can help socialise children through religious assemblies, the National Curriculum and citizenship lessons. The New Right wants educational policies that will increase choice with market principles to raise standards. If a school is successful, it will attract parents and children purely because it is successful. The New Right believes that all parents have the right to send their child to a successful school – hence their support of parental choice. The New Right also believes that a successful school will gather sufficient momentum to build on its successes. They also see the major role of education is the development of skills and knowledge required to compete in the outside
Examining the role of education- Functionalism and the New Right:
Examining the role of education- Functionalism and the New Right: Item A: . Explain what is meant by ‘upwardly mobile’. [2 marks] Being ‘upwardly mobile’ can relate to either a person or a social group whereby they are moving or aspiring to move to a superior social class or to a position of elevated status and/ or power, usually in a job. . Suggest 3 criticisms of ‘new vocationalism’. [6 marks] The main function of new vocationalism is to provide the economy with a skilled workforce. However, one of the criticisms relates to the Marxist view upon the topic. They argue that its authentic function is serving the needs of capitalism at the expense of young people by reproducing existing inequalities. Phil Cohen (1984) argued that Youth Training Schemes (a course related to new vocationalism), serves capitalism by teaching young workers not genuine job skills but instead attitudes and values needed in a subordinate labour force. This makes young people more likely to accept low paid jobs as well as lowering their aspirations. Rob Strathdee (2003) also conveyed a Marxist response to the situation. He concluded that the Vocational Education and Training policy had not supplied a ‘high-wage/ high-skill society’ but instead it continued to reproduce inequality by compelling both ethnic minority and working class students onto courses which would ultimately
Examine the New Right view of the family
Millie Morgan L6HJ Examine the new right SOT of the family The new right perspective comes from a group of thinkers who mainly share the same values and ideas, from the conservative government. These thinkers believe that the nuclear family is the ideal family in society, and therefore is the bedrock of society. The views of the new right are in keeping with the functionalist views. The new right thinkers are opposed to many things in modern society, such as the decline of the nuclear family, and the rise in the numbers of couples that now cohabite and the number of marriages that now end in divorce. They believe many things are undermining the nuclear family. There are four main features of new right, the emphasis on individual freedom and choice, reduced spending by the state, free markets which encourage competition and the importance of tradition values and institutions. The new right believe that the family promotes decency, manners, respect for property and the law. They also believe that the new social policies have begun to undermine the nuclear family, such as welfare benefits. They believe that the government is too easy and generous with their benefits, and that this had a profound effect on the family, leading to more divorces, more single parent families and declining morals of the family. New right thinkers claim that the welfare state is leading to a culture
Would a traditional conservative agree with a New Right view of society?
Would a traditional conservative agree with a New Right view of society? A traditional conservative would agree with a New Right view of society to an extent. However, in order to answer the question fully it is important to address both their similarities and differences. Traditional conservatists believe in tradition and keeping the status quo and to keep things the way they are. "If it ain't broke don't fix it. This in turn means that they are cautious about change, as they believe it could bring unpredictable results. Traditional Conservatists also believe that human nature is flawed and so there is no point in having an idealistic view of society, as people are not perfect. This is similar to a New Right view in the sense that Thatcher wanted to go along with "the grain of human nature." Traditional conservatists also have an organic view of society in the sense that you cannot tamper with it. They believe that society has its natural hierarchy of classes and this is natural. This view, therefore means that people can co-operate and society benefits. There are many objections by traditionalists towards the New Right. The criticisms include that the Thatcherites neglect the elderly and weak, which is seen as a betrayal of social values. One traditional conservatist Ian Gilmour believes that the New Right are extremists and fundamental and even went on to write a
Functionalism and The New Right.
FUNCTIONALISM NEW RIGHT (*Political functionalism) KEY CONCEPTS KEY CONCEPTS > Function > Value consensus > Order > Integration - learning the norms and values of society > Regulation - values set limit to chaotic desires > Based on ideas from right wing politics > Traditional family values (married + children) > Men = breadwinners (instrumental) > Women = traditional role (expressive) > Reject SPF's, dislike diversity > Dislike current liberal value consensus- Oppose: sexual freedom/abortion/gay rights > Underclass, Dependency culture OUTLINE OF THE THEORY OUTLINE OF THE THEORY Functionalism is based upon the biological analogy. This is where society is compared to the human body. Society is made up of parts (institutions), like the body, which combine to create a system. The individual is connected to the social system via the norms & values (value consensus), it creates social order and stability. Because society is based on shared values, it adapts very slowly to new situations. Emphasises individual freedom. Wants to reduce spending by the state. Stresses the importance of traditional institutions & values. Believes society is in decline due to a breakdown of social order. Underclass: groups at bottom of class structure, access to life chances = worse. Members include unemployed, homeless, single parents & elderly poor. Associated with rise in
Outline and evaluate Functionalism view of education
Outline and evaluate Functionalism view of education Functionalism is based on the view that society is a system of independent groups held together by a shared culture or value consensus. This is an agreement in society among its members about what values are important. Each part of society such as the family and education system performs functions that help to maintain society as a whole. Functionalists see the education system as acting in a more positive way to keep society running in the way it should. Many sociologists have studied the role of education and argued that the education helps its members in ways such as language and academic skills. Emile Durkheim the founder of functionalist sociology identified two main functions of education. These were the role of social solidarity and how schools teach specialist skills. Firstly Durkheim argued the role of social solidarity this is that the individual members must feel themselves part of a single body or community. He argues that without social solidarity, social life would be impossible as everyone would pursue their own selfish desires and not work together to get what they want out of life. The education system helps to create this social solidarity by transmitting society's ideas from one generation to the next. For example, Durkheim argues that teaching of a countries history instil a sense of a shared heritage
The Marxist view of education
Essay on the Marxist view of education I will be looking at and evaluating the Marxist view of education. The theory of Marxist sociologists was developed by Karl Marx a German political philosopher in the 19th century. It is a structuralised approach (individual is less important than the social structure). Marxists see society as characterised by conflicts of interests. Marxists analysis is based on historical materialism; this means that all societies can be characterised by the nature of their mode of production. Society is divided into the infrastructure and the superstructure. The economic base, the infrastructure dictates the activities of all other institutions, which Karl Marx terms as the superstructure. The economy is therefore the most important institution. Marxist sociologists state that the education system is there to serve the interests of the Capitalists. They argue that there are two main groups in society; these are the Ruling class and the Subject class. They both have essentially different interests (the ruling class want to keep their position and keep making profits. There always is going to be an unequal relationship. The subject class is always going to be kept in their place). Marxists see schooling in a negative light. It transmits ruling class ideology and produces a passive and compliant workforce which fits the needs of capitalism. When
Discuss the Marxist view of education.
Marxists Essay - Órfhlaith Woods 07/10/2012 Marxists believe that the ruling class dominates society, they also believe that society is based on conflict between classes (the working class and the ruling class) they believe that the ruling class (the bourgeoisie) exploit the working class (the proletariat) unlike the consensus view who believe in meritocracy. (Everyone gets equal opportunities) Althusser (a Marxist) claims that the state consists of two elements to help them keep in control; the ideological state apparatus that controls people's ideas and values. The ISA includes religion, mass media and the education that means that the education system is used by the ruling class as a tool to control people's views and ideas. The second element is the repressive state apparatus, which Marxists believe that when it is necessary to protect capitalist interests the state uses force to repress the working class via the police, courts and army. They believe the education works in two ways as an ISA; reproduction and legitimation. In the reproduction function, education produces class inequality by failing each generation of ensuring that they end up in the same kind of jobs as their parents end up in the same kind of jobs as their parents. Legitimation performs as a function in which education legitimates class inequality by producing ideologies that disguise
The Rise of the New Right.
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL ECONOMY THE RISE OF THE NEW RIGHT ESSAY 1 Europe in World Affairs GOVT6118 By: Rune Olsen # 0345684 Subject Convenor: Dr Diarmuid Maguire Due: Friday 12th Sept, 5 PM TABLE OF CONTENTS .0 Introduction 3 2.0 Nationalism in Europe 4 2.1 Early Nationalism in Europe 4 2.2 Recent Development 6 2.3 The New Right 11 2.4 The Extreme Right 12 2.5 The European Union 13 3.0 Conclusion and proposal 15 4.0 Bibliography 17 5.0 Appendix A 18 The Rise of the New Right ESSAY 1 .0 INTRODUCTION The major paradigm on European politics that will be discussed in this essay is nationalism. During the last few decades nationalism has blossomed in Europe, both through political parties, and through other organisations. At the same time the emergence of the new right has also been strong. This essay will look at how nationalist parties were started around Europe in the early 70s, and how they are doing in present time. It will also look into whether or not strong nationalism always leads to the rise of the new right. The latter will lead to a research proposal for the next essay. According to Hutchinson and Smith (1994, p.160), the French Revolution is often taken to be the first example of European nationalism. However, recent studies argue
New Right: Charles Murray and the 'underclass'.
New Right: Charles Murray and the 'underclass'. During the 1980's and 1990's New Right Thinkers influenced government political agenda's, particularly the Conservative party led by Margaret Thatcher in the 1980's. The New Right ideology stresses free market principles, self-reliance and individual responsibility. Thatcher's New Right government portrayed and practiced an anti-collectivist approach to welfare and was concerned with 'rolling back the frontiers of the state'. The New Right argue that the cost of state welfare interferes with economic growth and has created a 'dependency culture' that are reliant upon welfare benefits. Marsland (1989) argues that this is what led to the economic decline in Britain during the 1970's and 1980's. The New Right are primarily concerned with reducing welfare expenditure to free up the economy and encourage free enterprise and economic growth. The idea behind this was to create a 'trickle down' effect, as the growth of economy would lead to a rise in living standards, right down to those on the lowest incomes. The Thatcher administration was responsible for privatising national industries, public services and support services. For example, street cleaning and school meal provision were subject to contractual tender. The effect of de-nationalisation created disincentives that led to demoralisation as high taxation was
