Conservative, new labour and coalition Flashcards
Conservative government
Banned promotion of homosexuality by local authorities, included a ban on teaching it
Defined divorce as a social problem
Child support agency to enforce maintenance payments by absent parents
Made divorce easer, give illegitimate children same rights as those born to married parents
Whats the view of new labour?
Family is the bedrock of society and saw a family headed by married couple as the best environment for bringing up children
Parents need to take responsibility for their children ie Parenting orders
What did Silva and smart note (new labour)
rejected new right view that family should have one earner
What are the new labour policies that favoured dual earners?
Longer maternity leave, 3 months unpaid for both and the right to seek time off work fr family reasons,
Working families tax credit - claim tax relief on childcare costs
The New Deal - helps lone parents return to work
Examples of state intervention improving family life (new labour)
welfare taxation and min wage aimed at liftly children out of poverty by re distributing income to the poor through higher benefits whereas the new right disapprove
What are the policies of new labour for alternatives to heterosexual couples?
civil partnerships for same sex couples, unmarried couples same adoption rights, outlawing discrimination on sexuality
What did Hayton say (coalition)
Divided between modernisers - recognise families are now more diverse
traditionalists - reject diversity as morally wrong
Example of coalition division?
Introduced fay marriage , influence of traditionalist s was weakeed by the fact that conservatives had shared power with li b dems
What are the criticisms of coalition
failed to introduce policies that specifically promote the new rightideal of concentional heterosexual nuclear family
Brown - 2 parent families with children fared badly as a result of coalitions tax and benefits policies
