Chapter 16

Question 1

Welfare State

Answer 1

Government sponsored programs to improve social and economic well-being of individuals and families

Question 2

Social Policy

Answer 2

Social arrangements aimed at the distribution of social resources and the promotion of the welfare of the individual and society

Question 3

Family Policy

Answer 3

• Subfield of social policy
• Concerned with problems of families in relation to society and advancement of family well-being
• laws relating to family issues
• policies to help family income
• provision of direct services

Question 4

Family Policy in Canada

Answer 4

No explicit family policy outside of Quebec!

• only implicit policies that directly or indirectly affect families
• influenced by ideology of political party in power

Question 5

2 Ideologies that have directed most family-oriented policies

Answer 5

1. Patriarchal Model

2. Individual Responsibility Model

Question 6

Patriarchal Model

Answer 6

• husband/father responsible for the economic well-being of the family
• wife/mother responsible for household/personal care of family members

Question 7

Individual Responsibility Model

Answer 7

Each partner viewed as responsible for his or her own support

Question 8

Parenthood and Child Care

Answer 8

• Child care is a major policy challenge

- affects gender equality

Question 9

Education, Income and Work

Answer 9

Educational qualifications as determinants of life chances

- Rural/urban and regional variations in access to post-secondary institutions and good jobs

Question 10

Double squeeze

Answer 10

Pressure on economic resources and on time and energy needed for family, work and community commitments

• Challenge to balance family and work responsibilities
• unpaid work

Question 11

Partnership Formation and Dissolution

Answer 11

Need programs to support healthy families and intimate relationships

• Important to have community support
• culturally sensitive community programs and services

Question 12

Seniors, Caregiving & Dependency

Answer 12

By 2031 it’s expected that 25% of the population will be over 65 years old

• Need policy to meet the needs of new population
• Ethnically diverse
• Caregiver programs

Question 13

Health Care and Social Services

Answer 13

• Financial and other barriers
• some services only partially insured
• Geographic isolation restricts access

Question 14

Policy Development

Answer 14

Complicated, multi-faceted political process

Question 15

Advocate

Answer 15

Endorse and actively works for a course of action that improves community and family life

Question 16

Researcher

Answer 16

Proposes and establishes family policy

Question 17

Policy evaluation

Answer 17

A type of policy research

Question 18

Family ideologies

Answer 18

incorporate a set of family-related values and beliefs that reflect the interests and beliefs of a social group or society and form the basis of political action

Question 19

Globalization

Answer 19

refers to the world scale of economic and other market activity facilitated by the expansion of telecommunications technology

Question 20

Neo-liberalism

Answer 20

supports the restructuring of welfare societies to better meet the demands of a global market economy. This political rationality stresses competition and personal responsibility

Question 21

Unintended family policy consequences

Answer 21

are the negative effects on family life that result from well-intentioned government policy