social policy and the family

Question 1

what is social poicy

Answer 1

social policy refers to legislation+ ideas that the gov put in place

.can be direct/indirect

Question 2

what are the typical aims of gov policies

Answer 2

trying to promote traditional values of family while respecting the increasing family diversity within society

Question 3

3 examples of social policies - explain their policies

Answer 3

. China’s one child policy -attempt to limit population growth by restricting couples to have one child

.Communist Russia - increase birth rate (restricted contraception ec,made divorce harder, couples with no children had to pay income tax

. Nazi family policy
- encourage the healthy,racially pure to breed a master race = restricted contraception etc,kept women out of workforce

• sterilised 375k ppl on the grounds of physical malformation,mental retardation,blindness etc - end up in concentration camps and died

Question 4

how did the China’s one child policy affect family’s and households

Answer 4

BR + TFR decreased
family size decreased = became more child centred
gender ratio change - less women - less heterosexual families being formed

Question 5

why did they change the policy to 2 child as of 2016

Answer 5

There was an imbalance of women and men as the one child policy lead to gendercide as the cultural norm was that ppl wanted a boy first so he grow up,get at job and provide for his parents when elderly