social policy

Question 1

New right

Answer 1

anti-welfare state, state should have minimal input, no external safety net provided by state,

Question 2

Chales Murray (1984) - New right

Answer 2

generous welfare state weakens the family increasing dependancy culture and irresponsability

Question 3

what political party is associated with new right

Answer 3

conservative

Question 4

example of new right influence in gov.

Answer 4

strong emphasis on social control -> broken windows theory wilson +kelling influence of zero tolerance policing

Question 5

critism of new right perspective

Answer 5

questions over quality and objectivity, Social Justice Policy Group - Ian Duncan Smith, murrays relationship of single parents and lack of fathers to delinquency

Question 6

social democratic perspective

Answer 6

Townsend: sociolocists SHOULD be involved in policy formation

Question 7

Townsend - SDP

Answer 7

more spending on public health, education and welfare

Question 8

The Black Report (1980) - SDP

Answer 8

reccomendations for FSM to all children, improved benefits for disabled
Thatchers gov tried to prevent publication

Question 9

critism of SDP

Answer 9

postmodernists - all findings are relative and cannot provide a satisfactory basis for policy making. sociologists are interpreters of the truth not legislators