Social Policy

Created by: Abbie Broadbent
Created on: 31-05-15 17:51

Social democratic perspective

there needs to be a major distribution of wealth from the rich to the poor. Black Report - policy recommendations for reducing deep-rooted inequalities. Townsend - sociologist should research problems and make recommendations e.g. more public spendin

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Functionalism

state serves interest of society as a whole - role is to provide objective, scientific information, investigate social problems and discover causes that will help sociologist provide information to base policies on.

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Marxism

Policies provide ideological legitimation to mask exploitation, maintain labour force for further exploitation. Policies give capitalism caring face and provide false class consciousness. role = criticise social policy and reveal exploitation

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Feminism

state perpetuates women's subordination through policies e.g. family policies based on nuclear family being norm. Many policies reflect liberal fem. view that anti-discrimination reforms will bring about gender equality.

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New Right - most influence on social policy (through conservatives)

state need little involvement - state intervention robs people of freedom of choice and undermines responsibility = social problems. Disapprove of policies and role should be to recommend alternative ones which restore responsibility for family welfa

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Postmodernism

no one should try and influence policy as absolute truth cannot be found.

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