This perspective, supported and first suggested by Margaret Thatcher, indicates that “the state should play as small a role as possible in welfare provision” (Stretch.B and Whitehouse.M, P.319) This means that in order to get individuals to be less dependent from the welfare state the government should not provide them economic help, instead, these citizens should fend for themselves and this will be a first step to eliminate this dependency culture.
Mrs Thatcher and other New Right supporters also believe that “the welfare state produced a society which people relied on state benefits rather than planning for the future and taking responsibilities for their own needs and those of their families
An introduction to Sociological Perspectives 