Plans and actions of the state (usually laws or benefits) that deal with social problems
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What are the aims of social policies?
Set up to ensure social needs and can directly or indirectly effect the family
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Provide a cross-cultural example of a social policy
Chinas one-child policy
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What did the Divorce Reform Act (1969) enable?
No longer needed a guilty party to get a divorce making it easier to get one
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What was the impact of the divorce reform act?
- increased family diversity
-greater lives for member (may have got away from abusive spouse
-couples role changes-both breadwinner
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What was the impact of the Same-sex marriage Act (2014)
- More family diversity eg. may have more symetrical roles and may adopt or donor
- NR claim negatively affect children because of the absence of traditional gender roles
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What was the impact of the Equality Act (2010)?
Increase symmetrical roles, causing...
-Children to spend more time in daycare :(
-Girls changing ambitions :)
- More lone parent families
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What was the impact of the Welfare State (1948)?
-Children may have a better experience of childhood
- LPF may increase because they have the state to fall back on
-NR fathers are more likely to leave the family if they know the state will look after them
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What did NR think on the Marriage Tax Allowance(less tax for married couples go tot he highest earner which is usually men)
In favour, as it encourages Nuclear family and discourages co-habiting couples and divorce
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What does RF think of the Marriage Tax Allowance?
against as it traps women in patriarchal male-led families
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What does LF think of the Marriage Tax Allowance?
Aganist because men are more likely to get a Tax break so women may feel guilty leaving
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What do NR think of shared Maternity and paternity leave?
Against as it may change traditional gender roles and relaiance on the state
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What do feminists think of shared Maternity and paternity leave?
Helps create equaility
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How many men take paternity leave?
32%
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What do feminists think social poilcies based off 'normal families' do ?
help keep women subordinate
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What do feminist think of tax and benefit policies
favour men and reassure women's economic dependence
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What do feminists think of the social care act?
Since social care is expensive, middle age women expected to work part time to care for them, also childcare for women to full time
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Who thoigh women were seen as natural carers
Leonard (1978)
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Provide a criticism
Not all policies are seen to enforce the patriarchy eg. Equal pay, Clares Laws
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What isc Donzelot (Conflict) view on social policies ?
Sees them as a form of state power and control over family
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Provide an example of Donzelot's view
Professionals ( social workers, health visitors, doctors) carry out surveillance on families to identify 'problem families'
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Who argues the state controls family life by imposing complsory parenting order?
Condary (2007)
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Provide a criticism for Donzelot's view
Fails to understand the benefits from policies
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What are the NR against?
Against Social policies that encoruage social diversity and underminds the nuclear family eg. Divorce Reform, same sex marriage and welfare act
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Who aruges welfare benefits reward irresponsible behaviour?
Murray (1984)
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What was NR's solution?
Cuts to welfare spending and benefits, advocate policies that encourage nuclear familes
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Provide evaluation for the NR view
Feminists say its an attempt to return to a traditional nuclear family, also welfare cuts drive many into poverty
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What do functionalists think of social policies?
Believe they help families to perform functions effectively and benefit society as a whole
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Who argues housing, health and education policies help families properly perform it's fucntions?
Fletcher (1965)
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Provide evaluation for functionalism view
Argues all policies benefit all members of the family - rose-tinted and, feminists say it only benefits men
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
What are the aims of social policies?
Back
Set up to ensure social needs and can directly or indirectly effect the family
Card 3
Front
Provide a cross-cultural example of a social policy
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