Social Policy Flashcards
(9 cards)
1
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What is the Functionalist view on Social Policy?
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- Helps families perform their functions more efficiently.
2
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What is the New Right view on Social Policy?
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- Policy should avoid undermining the self-reliant family.
3
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What is the Marxist view on Social Policy?
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- Policies provide ideological legitimisation for capitalism.
4
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What is the Liberal Feminist view on Social Policy?
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- Policy has helped lead to greater gender equality.
5
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What is the Radical Feminist view on Social Policy?
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- Policies are not enough to fix gender inequalities.
6
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What was the 1980-90s Conservative policy on family?
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- Reforming the relationship between society and the state.
- Influenced by the New Right.
- Reduce controls over lives and enforce rights and responsibilities.
- 1984 Divorce Act allowed couples to divorce within one year of marriage.
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What was the 1997-2010 New Labour policy on family?
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- Introduced laws and policies to support other types of family.
- 2005 Civil partnerships - the 1998 Supporting families document focused on:
- Financial support including child benefit and education maintenance allowance.
- Advice and support for parents.
- Family-friendly employment arrangements.
- Tacking problems such as truancy and teenage pregnancy.
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What was the 2010 Coalition policy on family?
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- Aimed to reduce family breakdown and get more people in the workplace.
- Domestic violence disclosure scheme.
- 2012 Welfare reform act introduced universal credit to replace other benefits and cap the amount available, along with bedroom tax.
- 2013 Marriage act to legalise gay marriage.
- 2014 children and families act protected vulnerable children and gave choice over who could take parental leave.
9
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What other important policies on family were introduced?
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- 1967 Legalisation of contraceptive pill.
- 1975 Employment protection act allowed for paid maternity leave.
- 1970 Equal pay act.
