F&H SOC POL

Question 1

Cross cultural examples

Answer 1

• Chine one child
• Romania wanting to increase BR
• Nazi Germany - racially pure

Question 2

Functionalism view on SocPol

Answer 2

Society built on harmony and consensus. The state acts in its members best interest and is positive

Question 3

Fletcher

Answer 3

Ed, health and housing polices lead to welfare state that supports families.

Question 4

AO3 functionalism

Answer 4

Assumes the family benefits all members equally
Assumes Mop

Question 5

Donzelot

Answer 5

Policing the family by survalience
Eg; Doctors and social workers
Policy helps exert power and control over families.
Not done equally as w/c seen as the problem.
Social policy is an agent of social control.

Question 6

The New Right opinion on N.Family

Answer 6

N.Family is best as it is self recent and socailises children the best.

Question 7

Policies that undermine N.Family

Answer 7

• Same Sex Marraige and Adoption
• Making Divorce easier
• More rights for cohabitation

Question 8

Charles Murray

Answer 8

LPH has perverse incentives to be welfare dependent.

Question 9

The New Right Solution?

Answer 9

Cut spending, cut social housing, tax favours for married couples

Question 10

Conservative Government 1979-1997

Answer 10

Section 28 - banned the promotion of homosexuality
Divorce was defined as a social problem however they made divorce easier.

Question 11

New Labour 1997-2010
Favoured dual earner families;

Answer 11

• Longer mat and pat leave
• Work family tax credits
• The New Deal (Help LP to go to work)

Question 12

New Labour 1997-2010
Focused on Poverty;

Answer 12

• Redistributed income - tax, welfare and min wage

Question 13

New Labour 1997-2010
Family Diversity

Answer 13

• Civil Partnerships 2002
• unmarried couples having same rights

Question 14

Coalition Gov 2010-2015

Answer 14

Clash of Modernists and traditionalist.
EG; Same sex marriage and its to benefits

Question 15

Marxist view on social policy

Answer 15

Believe any good policies can be quickly taken away and is implemented to subordinate working class.

Question 16

Feminist view on social policy

Answer 16

Land; Many social policies assumes Cereal packet nuclear family which impacts the type of polices made.
SFP on trad n.family

Question 17

Polices supporting patriarchy

Answer 17

1. Tax benefits - assume male breadwinner
2. Childcare - not enough given by the gov for both parents to work full time.

Question 18

Polices that appear to support women but reinforce patriarchy

Answer 18

Mat and pat leave
Child benefit usual paid to the mother.

Question 19

Polices supporting patriarchy AO3

Answer 19

Equal Pay Act 1970
Sex Discrimination Act 1975
Equal rights to Divorce 1923

Question 20

Gender Regimes

Answer 20

Drew;
Familiaristic Gender Regime
Greece; trad gender roles and less welfare
Individualistic Gender Regime
Sweden; treated the same