Social Policy

Question 1

Government UK policy

Troubled families

Answer 1

2012- targeted 120,000 families

Strengths

• tackles crime involvement
• works thru generations
• better in school= better job

Weaknesses

• expensive & difficult
• those in need left out
• self fulfilling prophecy and labels

Question 2

Conservative policies

2015+

Answer 2

Discourage diversity

• universal credit
• cuts to benefit caps £23000 per year
• anti discrimination

Question 3

Coalition family policies

2010-2015

Answer 3

Supported and discouraged
Same sex marriage
Benefit caps

Question 4

New labour

1997-2010

Answer 4

Support family diversity

• continued new right approach of cutting benefits
• paid paternity
• civil partnership

Question 5

Conservative

1979-1997

Answer 5

Discouraged family diversity
-back to basics
-section 28
-child support agency (new right)
Absent father pay maintenance

Question 6

Social policy views

Answer 6

Feminist- radical dislike but liberal like
Marxist- reinforce ruling class ideas
Functionalist- like social policy
New right- policies should reinforce dysfunctional families and Deviancy

Question 7

COUPLES

Answer 7

• 1969 divorce reform act
• 2002 cohabitation
• 2004 civil partnership
• 2014 same sex marriage

-2016 child care act

Question 8

CHILDHOOD

Answer 8

• 1880 elementary education act
• 1969 divorce reform act
• 1989 children act
• 2012 welfare reform act (£2000 month)
• 2015 ROSLA
• 2016 childcare act

Question 9

DEMOGRAPHY

Answer 9

• decline in death due to mass immunisation, low Infant mortality
• 1948= NHS 1968=clean air
• 1970- equal pay act
• 2010 equality act

Ageing population policies eg triple lock pension