15F family policies

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what policies were introduced in nazi germany?
women were the homemakers with their main role being kitchen, children, church. girls were taught to become wives and mothers, boys were sent to hitler youth camps to become soldiers. couples got 25% loan reduction for each child
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what policy did china introduce?
one child policy in the 80s. couples were only allowed one child, those who complied were given extra benefits and free childcare. fees were given to couples with more than one child and there were forced abortions and sterilisation
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what are the 7 right wing/conservative policies?
child support agency 1993, bedroom tax 2013, maternity/paternity leave 2013, same sex marriage 2014, forced marriage 2014, marriage tax allowance 2015, shared parental leave 2015
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what are the 4 left wing/labour policies
divorce law reform act 1971, new deal 1998, adoption 2002, civil partnerships 2005
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what was the impact of the equal pay/sex discrimination act?
more working women, more dual income families, equal gender roles, opportunities for women
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what was the divorce law reform act 1971?
made access to divorce easier meaning couples no longer had to prove a marital offence. introduced irretrievable breakdown of marriage where couples could live separately for 2 years to prove their relationship had ended
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what was the impact of the divorce reform act 1971?
increase in divorce, more serial monogamy, more reconstituted families, more single parent families, more single person households
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what was the child support agency 1993?
made sure absent fathers took financial responsibility for their children. criticised for being created to benefit the state rather than children
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what was the new deal 1998?
created to help support single parents and young people, helps single parents to get back into work by providing them with childcare support
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what was the adoption policy 2002?
allowed cohabiting couples to have the same rights to adoption as married couples
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what was the civil partnerships policy 2005?
allowed same sex couples to have the same rights as married couples
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what was the impact of civil partnerships 2005?
increase in same sex couples
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what was the bedroom tax 2013?
reduced peoples benefits if they had an unused spare bedroom to encourage smaller families to free up large housing for bigger families
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what was the maternity and paternity policy 2013?
introduced the idea of paternity leave for fathers giving them 2 weeks unpaid leave
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what was the impact of maternity and paternity leave 2013?
encouraged fathers to become involved more with children yet women still seen as the main carer for children
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what was the same sex marriage policy 2014?
allowed same sex couples to get married
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what was the impact of the Marriages same sex act 2014?
more same sex couples and households
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what was the forced marriage policy 2014?
made forced marriage illegal imposing a 7 year sentence
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what was the impact of the force marriage policy 2014?
more pure relationships, fewer empty shell relationships
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what was the marriage tax allowance 2015?
where couples were given a tax break if one partner earned less than £10,000
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what was the impact of the marriage tax allowance 2015?
more nuclear families with traditional gender roles
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what was the shared parental leave policy 2015?
combined maternity and paternity leave meaning either parent could take time off work to look after their newborn
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what was the impact of shared parental leave 2015?
equal gender roles, more men as the main carer for the children, more women being the breadwinner
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what was the impact of free 15-30 hours childcare?
more working women, increase in dual income families, fewer extended family ties for childcare
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what did Donzelot say about family policies?
policy is a form of state power over families and lower social classes are specifically targeted as they are viewed as problem families
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what is the feminist view of family policies?
most policies are based on the nuclear family and encourage traditional gender roles
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what did drew argue about family policies?
there are two types of policies; familistic gender regimes based on traditional gender roles and individual gender regimes based on equal gender roles
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what did Leonard argue about family policies?
some policies that appear to support women actually encourage patriarchy
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what is the new right view of family policies?
they must be changed with tighter restrictions for benefits by only giving them to nuclear families. they say giving council houses to young mums encourages illegitemacy and benefits allow fathers to abandon responsibility of their children.
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what did almond say about family policies?
divorce laws undermine marriage by making it appear as no longer a life long commitment
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what is the functionalist view of family policies?
state policies act in the interest of society, helping the family to perform its functions effectively
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what policy did china introduce?

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one child policy in the 80s. couples were only allowed one child, those who complied were given extra benefits and free childcare. fees were given to couples with more than one child and there were forced abortions and sterilisation

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