POLS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Social Reproduction, Anti-Communism, Meritocracy
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The current stream of conservatism - the new right. Margaret thatcher important figure covered in the mintz text. Conservatives believe there are social rights and certain moral standards need to be upheld. Depending on one"s ideologically position certain rights are not advocated, or agreed with ie the conservatives and the right to choose one"s sexuality. Thatcher -- combination of pre-market liberalism and social conservatism and combined with this is anti-communism which marked the new right ideology. The new right is the new variant of conservatism at this time. Moved over the course of the 20th century from first wave to second wave feminism. First wave focus was formal rights on the fact that in the early 20th century there was formal forms discrimination against women such as they could not vote, own property. Social reproduction: there is a lot of work involved in raising a child, in reproducing people.
