Family + Social policy

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Comparative view of family policy
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China
one child policy- seek permission to get pregant- benefis for those who follow policy- fine for hose who dont
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Communist Romania
restricted contraception,made divorce more difficult, legal age of marriage made 15 to try and drive up birth rate
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Nazi Germany
'racially pure' encouraged, kept women in biological role- sterilised 375,000 disabled people
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Democratic societies
UK only gets involved in cases like child abuse
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Perspectives
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Functionalism
society is built in consensus - NHS helps take care of family members - policy helps families function more effectively and make life better for is members
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functionalism evaluation
-assumes all members benefit equally-assumes there is a 'march of progress'
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Donzelot- conflict view
policy is just state control-surveillance- 'policing the family'- poor families are seen as targets
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Donzelot evaluation
marxists and feminists criticise him or failing to identify who benefits
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Feminism
Policy is a SFP - they only support patriarchal families- gender regimes - fatalsitic gen.reg =breadwinner/housewife - individualistic gen.reg= equality in policies between men and women
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Land
policis aaumes all families are nuclear
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Feminism evaluation
-equal pay exists -**** made illegal in marriage n 1991
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The New Right
loves nuclear fam- family diversity produces social problems - welfare benefits shouldnt exist
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Murray- 'perverse incentives'
welfare benefits offer 'perverse incentives' as they reward antisocial behaviour
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The new right evaluation
+taxes could be reduced then fathers will have more incentive to work -feminists=too patriarchal
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restricted contraception,made divorce more difficult, legal age of marriage made 15 to try and drive up birth rate

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'racially pure' encouraged, kept women in biological role- sterilised 375,000 disabled people

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UK only gets involved in cases like child abuse

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