6. Social Policy & The Family

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direct effects
Policies that impact specifically on family life e.g. laws on marriage, divorce, child protection & contraception
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indirect effects
Policies on other social / economic issues, that also affect the family e.g. laws on compulsory education
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dependency culture
Where individuals depend on the state to support their families through welfare
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Murray: perverse incetives
Benefits reward irresponsible behaviour by not encouraging individuals to take responsibility for themselves & their families
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Drew: familistic gender regimes
Assumption of a traditional gender division of labour, adopted by more conservative countries
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Drew: individualistic gender regimes
Treat husbands & wives the same e.g. shared parental leave & equal opportunities policies. Adopted by more liberal countries
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Policies on other social / economic issues, that also affect the family e.g. laws on compulsory education

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indirect effects

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Where individuals depend on the state to support their families through welfare

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Benefits reward irresponsible behaviour by not encouraging individuals to take responsibility for themselves & their families

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Assumption of a traditional gender division of labour, adopted by more conservative countries

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