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Cultural Theories
1 Oscar Lewis
1.1 Culture of poverty
1.1.1 Norms and values
which stop people
escaping poverty
1.1.1.1 Fatalism
1.1.1.1.1 People are less
likely to motivate
themselves
1.1.2 Caused by
experiencing
factors beyond
your control
1.1.3 Fatalistic attitudes
are channelled
through generations
1.2 Reasons for persistence
1.2.1 Seeing children as
economic resource
1.2.1.1 Not getting a job
1.2.2 High rates of
divorce/desertion
1.2.2.1 One income
1.3 Lewis had sympathy for the poor
1.3.1 Culture of poverty helps
them to cope with hardships
2 New Right (Marsland)
2.1 Overindulging
people in benefits
2.1.1 People should take
responsabilty of
themselves
2.2 Dependency
Culture
2.3 Deserving and
Undeserving poor
2.4 Means tested benefits
should be encouraged
2.5 Inequality is
needed as a
deterrent
3 New Right (Murray)
3.1 Underclass
3.1.1 Elements associated: Crime,
illegitimacy, unemployment
3.2 Solution: Force people into employment