Social Policy and the Family
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- Social policy & the Family
- Divorce
- In the past divorce could only occur on the grounds of a matrimonial offence being committed and evidence of such. These were adultery, cruelty and desertion
- Divorce Law Reform of 1969 widened the grounds for divorce by introducing the term ‘irretrievable breakdown’
- The Family Law Act of 1996 increased the divorce period from 12 months to 18 months and introduced compulsory marriage counselling to combat rising divorce rates.
- Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 which reduced the time a divorce took from three years to just one
- In the past divorce could only occur on the grounds of a matrimonial offence being committed and evidence of such. These were adultery, cruelty and desertion
- Social Policy not aimed at families
- Equal Pay Act 1970 changed the conjugal roles within the family allowing women to work
- Liberal Feminists say this reduces inequality
- 1880 Eduction Act made school compulsory for children turning them from financial assets to financial burdens causing reduction in birth rates and family size.
- Child Liberationists Firestone & Holt say this changed the parent-child relationship making the child completely economically dependent on their parents leading to inequality
- Care in the Community Act allows women to work instead of having to look after elderly relatives changing conjugal roles
- Marxists are critical of social policy and believe it only benefits the capitalist
- The Child Support Agency was only created to lower taxes for the capitalist and help them save money
- Women could work when the men fought in WWII changing conjugal roles because the capitalist needed them as a Reserve Army of Labour and even provided them with nurseries but once they weren't need the nurseries were shut down forcing women back to the household
- The Child Support Agency was only created to lower taxes for the capitalist and help them save money
- Equal Pay Act 1970 changed the conjugal roles within the family allowing women to work
- Social policy has caused a change in family patterns and created family diversity
- Post Modernists agree with this and believe the social policy should do more to encourage family diversity as it shows freedom of choice
- The New Right believe this is wrong and that more should be done to bring about the rise in traditional nuclear families
- Social Policy aimed at families
- That provide financial support
- Child Maintenance Service ensures absent parents provide financial support for their children allow
- Cash benefits/ Tax credits designed to stop child poverty and material deprivation
- NR are critical of this as they believe it undermines the self-reliance of the family
- That help balance work and family life
- Maternity Leave provides the mother with paid a year off of work
- Early years childcare support provides 15 hours of free pre-school a week so parents don't have to use their wages for expensive childcare that makes working redundant
- That provide financial support
- Sociological perspectives on Social policy
- Functionalists believe that social policy is a good thing as it helps the family perform its functions
- The state assists with primary socialisation by providing 15 hours of free pre-school a week and PSHE
- Marxists are critical of social policy and believe it only benefits the capitalist
- The Child Support Agency was only created to lower taxes for the capitalist and help them save money
- Women could work when the men fought in WWII changing conjugal roles because the capitalist needed them as a Reserve Army of Labour and even provided them with nurseries but once they weren't need the nurseries were shut down forcing women back to the household
- The Child Support Agency was only created to lower taxes for the capitalist and help them save money
- Radical Feminists believe that social policy is designed to reinforce patriarchy and RadFems Barret & McIntosh believe that its designed with the cereal packet family in mind
- Liberal Feminists are criticical of Radical Feminists and look at the social policies that have benefited women like equal rights to petition for divorce and making marital **** illegal
- Functionalists believe that social policy is a good thing as it helps the family perform its functions
- Divorce
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