social policies

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  • Created on: 19-06-17 13:10
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  • social policy
    • action of governments take in order to influence society.
    • positivist view
      • Durkheim + Comte - objective. enlightenment project- use of science to improve society.
      • office for national statistics 4000 people to collect data on family trends (death, marriage, divorce etc.)
        • UK National Census 2011
          • governments use data to understand how many schools needed, prisons places etc.
    • Marxist
      • exploitation of bourgeiosie and opression of workers.
        • private schools- m/c benefit
          • crime policy - gov doesnt fund health and safety executive
            • taxation policies
    • feminist
      • gender inequalities. liberal - march of progress contemporary feminist - DV, sex trafficking etc.
        • the vote 1918,1928
          • divorce act 1969
            • equal pay act 1972
    • New right
      • no intervening from the state
        • charles murray - generosity of the welfare state
          • breakdown Britain- 2007 - cut unemployment benefits.

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