Chapter 8: The Class Divide: Having it All, Falling Apart

Question 1

Social Paternalism has failed, the state cannot substitute for the ….
But families need support unlike ever before, new approach called …

Answer 1

family

social maternalism

Question 2

Somehow, the proposition that two-parent families are something to be encouraged has become identified with the political right ‘social conservatism’.
Baroness Alison Wolf - no society has ever operated on a ….. free for all

Answer 2

Sexual

Question 3

A mother’s unstable relationship will lead to her child’s ……. shortening by 40% by age 9

Answer 3

telomeres

Question 4

Telomeres are the protective caps at the end of DNA. The ….. they are, the more damage suffered by cells, and health deteriorates.

Answer 4

shorter

Question 5

Forgoing marriage does not lead to maternal …. but to maternal ….., as women struggle solo to meet two necessary roles.

Answer 5

empowerment

enslavement

Question 6

Who captured quite aptly the swift changes occurring in 1960’s?

No God any more, or sweating in the dark
About hell and that, or having to hide
What you think of the priest. He
And his lot will all go down the long slide/ to happiness.

Answer 6

Philip Larkin

Question 7

If young people have child outside of wedlock, forgive and not condemn.
State should encourage them to stay together by tax-credit bonus.
Example of social …..

Answer 7

Maternalism

Question 8

Mis-ranking of ….. between cognitive and non-cognitive training.

Answer 8

Esteem

Question 9

… … is ‘a young foreign person

Answer 9

Au Pair’

Question 10

To improve skill development, …. need to parter with universities.
The cognitive paths do not have to be ….. in order for the non-cognitive paths to thrive.

Answer 10

firms

weakened

Question 11

The government should impose a charge on labour-shedding to reflect the extra costs to the state of …. payments and retraining.

Answer 11

welfare

Question 12

Owning a home enhances the sense of belonging, this. is a vital …. good.

Answer 12

social

Question 13

Belonging is the foundation for ….. obligations

Answer 13

reciprocal

Question 14

What are the two reasons for owning a house?

Answer 14

1) as a home

2) as an asset

Question 15

Four public policies kept house prices affordable for families on median income:

1) Building program run by local government increased ….
2) Restraints on net …. limited the rate of increase in households
3) curbs on buy-to let limited the pure …. demand for housing
4) curbs on the ratio of ….. to income restrained what people could bid.

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Answer 15

supply
immigration
asset
mortgages

Question 16

Reduce the working hours.
Otherwise, we risk society becoming further divided into a workaholic skilled class with abundant money but little time, confronting an underemployed, unskilled class with abundant time but little .....

Answer 16

money

Question 17

Under social paternalism, the state’s policies recalcitrant families, to social maternalism, in which the state …. them with practical support.

Answer 17

cushions