Social Policies and the Government
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What is a social policy?
This is a plan or a course of action put into place by government.
They are generated in response to social problems and to solve these problems.
They are generated in response to social problems and to solve these problems.
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What opinions are those of the left wing?
Regard the nuclear family as desirable
Alternative family structures are acceptable and equally successful in raising children
The state should play a role in the support of family life
Support the idea that both parents should work
Alternative family structures are acceptable and equally successful in raising children
The state should play a role in the support of family life
Support the idea that both parents should work
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What opinions are those of the right wing?
Regard the nuclear family is ideal
Alternative family structures are adequate
See the nuclear family as in decline and in crisis
See the breakdown of the traditional family as the cause of social problems
The state should play a limited role in the suppo
Alternative family structures are adequate
See the nuclear family as in decline and in crisis
See the breakdown of the traditional family as the cause of social problems
The state should play a limited role in the suppo
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Who were the coalition government?
When did they come into power?
When did they come into power?
David Cameron
2010-2015
2010-2015
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Key points about the coalition government...
- 'Broken Britain' - refers to the view that Britain was in a state of breakdown socially because of increasing crime rates and the worsening of social environments.
- increased paternity pay
- reintroduced married person allowance
- they did legal and
- increased paternity pay
- reintroduced married person allowance
- they did legal and
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Who were the conservative government?
When did they come into power?
When did they come into power?
Margaret Thatcher
1979 - 1987
1979 - 1987
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Key points about the conservative family...
- JSA claimants, tougher sanction regime and a 'work for benefit' for those who have not found work for 12 months
- income support abolished
- Employment and support balance for all sick and disabled
- Child support agency established to ensure absent f
- income support abolished
- Employment and support balance for all sick and disabled
- Child support agency established to ensure absent f
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Who were the New Labour government?
When did they come into power?
When did they come into power?
Tony Blair
1997-2010
1997-2010
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Key points about the New Labour...
- aimed to target people are aren't usually catered for
- Minister of children role
- Education Action Zones and Excellence in Cities
- New education policies
- Sure start and free childcare
- Maternity and paternity pay adjusted
- winter fuel payment
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- Minister of children role
- Education Action Zones and Excellence in Cities
- New education policies
- Sure start and free childcare
- Maternity and paternity pay adjusted
- winter fuel payment
- T
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How has social policy changed over time?
the way that government address social policy has changed since WW2
The Welfare State was introduced
People began paying into national insurance to pay for the welfare state
The Welfare State was introduced
People began paying into national insurance to pay for the welfare state
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What was the conservative government reduced state intervention?
reacted to years of instability and set about reforming the relationship between society and the state
new right ideology
the nuclear family was regarded the corner stone for society
society should be freed from the interferance of the state
they though
new right ideology
the nuclear family was regarded the corner stone for society
society should be freed from the interferance of the state
they though
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What was the conservative and new right ideology?
set out to make individuals responsible for their own lives
state to intervene much less in private matters
benefits cut and tax lowered
means testing introduced for some benefits to help those in real need
mothers encourage to stay at home
families encou
state to intervene much less in private matters
benefits cut and tax lowered
means testing introduced for some benefits to help those in real need
mothers encourage to stay at home
families encou
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What legislation was set out by Thatcher to protect the traditional nuclear family?
-1998 Thatcher described family as the building block for society
-Child Support Agency 1993 forced absent mums and dads to pay a fair amount to the upkeep of their child
-Children Act 1989 outlined rights of a child
Conservatives also considered making d
-Child Support Agency 1993 forced absent mums and dads to pay a fair amount to the upkeep of their child
-Children Act 1989 outlined rights of a child
Conservatives also considered making d
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What did Donzelot say about the policing of family?
argues that the family policies reflects the views of the powerful in government
they are used as a form of social control and they are applied differently to different classes the middle class benefiting the most
they are used as a form of social control and they are applied differently to different classes the middle class benefiting the most
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What was the third way that New Labour promised?
-this was a middle ground
-favoured a dual earner neo conventional family
-introduced a union for gays
-outlawed discrimination based on sexuality
-adopted some new right ideas about family policy
-favoured a dual earner neo conventional family
-introduced a union for gays
-outlawed discrimination based on sexuality
-adopted some new right ideas about family policy
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How did the coalition promote family stability?
Legalised same sex marriages
Post financial crash to reduce government spending
to reduce the welfare bill and caped house benefits
Post financial crash to reduce government spending
to reduce the welfare bill and caped house benefits
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What did the new right and Charles Murray think about social policies and the government?
Argue social policies should be designed to support the nuclear family. The nuclear family is constructed of the breadwinner so social policies need to encourage self resilience which would then reduce a culture of dependancy which was identified by Charl
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What did Marxists and Althusser think about social policies and the government?
Social policies serve the ruling class at the expense of the working class
Althusser 1971 argued that in order for capitalism to survive people must be taught how to think and behave and the family should do so and parents should put their children throug
Althusser 1971 argued that in order for capitalism to survive people must be taught how to think and behave and the family should do so and parents should put their children throug
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What did functionalists and Fletcher think about social policies and the Government?
they examine social institutions on the basis of the function they play in social stability
Fletcher sees social policy as an outcome of the march of progress towards a society where the family is assisted by the state rather than social policies being a
Fletcher sees social policy as an outcome of the march of progress towards a society where the family is assisted by the state rather than social policies being a
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What did feminists think about social policies and the government?
Argue that social policies are constructed on the belief women and children are dependant on a male breadwinner
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What did Jacques Donzelot think about social policies and the government?
Argues that the state uses social policies to regulate peoples behaviour by using doctors and social workers to control and change behaviour within families
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What do the tax and benefit policies assume?
These assume that the male is the breadwinner and the female is the dependant.
These policies can make it difficult for women to apply for benefits or social security on their own so reinforces the dependancy on men
These policies can make it difficult for women to apply for benefits or social security on their own so reinforces the dependancy on men
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What did the idea about childcare assume?
While the government pays for some pre-school children it isn't enough for parents to work full time still as welll as that policies about term time and school holidays also make it hard for parents to be able to work full time unless they can afford extr
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What is the idea about caring for the sick and elderly?
Name a scholar
Name a scholar
Government policies assume family will take care of the elderly meaning women are generally assumed to be caring for them.
This prevents women from working, so these policies reinforce patriarchy (Diana Leonard 1978)
This prevents women from working, so these policies reinforce patriarchy (Diana Leonard 1978)
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What are gender regimes and who uses them?
Eileen Drew 1995
Uses the concept to describe how social policies in different countries can encourage or discourage gender equality in families and households
There are two types: familistic gender regimes and individualistic gender regimes
Uses the concept to describe how social policies in different countries can encourage or discourage gender equality in families and households
There are two types: familistic gender regimes and individualistic gender regimes
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What are familistic gender regimes?
Where policies are based on traditional gender division between male breadwinner and female housewife
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What are individualistic gender regimes?
where policies are based on the belief that husbands and wives should be treated in the same way, wives are not assumed to be dependant on their husbands so each partner has a seperate entitlement for state benefits
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What does Rachel Condry 2007 study?
she did a study called 'Families shamed' examining relationships between the state and the family and its expectations about family responsibility particularly popular beliefs regarding familial blame research of prisoners families
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What opinions are those of the left wing?
Back
Regard the nuclear family as desirable
Alternative family structures are acceptable and equally successful in raising children
The state should play a role in the support of family life
Support the idea that both parents should work
Alternative family structures are acceptable and equally successful in raising children
The state should play a role in the support of family life
Support the idea that both parents should work
Card 3
Front
What opinions are those of the right wing?
Back
Card 4
Front
Who were the coalition government?
When did they come into power?
When did they come into power?
Back
Card 5
Front
Key points about the coalition government...
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