Families And Social Policy Flashcards
Name a cross cultural plan which can be used a comparative view in china
china has a one child policy
- supervised by workforce- women have to ask to get pregnant
- often waiting list/ quota
- couples who comply get extra benefits + education/ housing priority
- couples who break an agreement have to pay a fine
- women are encourraged to have sterilisation after 1 child
name a cross cultural plan which can be used as a comparative method in Romania
- policies to drive up the birth rate- restricted contraception, abortion, set up fertility clinics, made divorce difficult lowered marriage to 15
- childless couples pay more tax
name a cross cultural plan which can be used as a comparative method in Nazi policy
- 1930s - encourage ‘pure breed’ race eg restricting abortion
- policies kept women out of work
- sterilised 375 thousand disabled people
what is the functionalist view on social policy
consensus view
state acts in interest of social policy and helps to make life better
fletcher: education and housing policies since industrial revolution has led to welfare state which supports functions such as NHS
what are the criticism of functionalist view
- feminists: policies often benefit men
2. assumes a march of progress, marxists argue policies can reverse progress eg cutting benefits
what did Donzelot say about the conflict view for family policies
policies a form a state control
what did Condry say about the conflict view of family polices
parenting orders- correct way to bring up children
what is the criticisms for the conflict view of family policies
- fails to clearly identity who benefit from these policies
what is the new right view for family policies
state policies have undermined nuclear family
what was Almonds new right view for social policies
- laws make divorce easier
- civil partnerships
- tax laws discriminate against conventional families
- increased rights for cohabitating couples send out signal state does not see marriage as social
what was Murray new right view for social policies
- generous welfare benefits undermines conventical families and encourages deviant family types
- also talks about ‘ perverse incentive’
- social policies encourage ‘dependency culture’
what does ‘ perverse incentive’ mean
fathers abandon children, council housing encourages teens to get pregnant, boys grow up without role models
what are new right solutions for family policies
- cuts in welfare spending and restrictions on who is eligible
- taxes could be reduced, more incentive to work
- deny council houses to pregnant teens
- taxes that favour married couples
- state interferes with families, less reliance on state
what is the evaluation for new right perspectives on crime
- feminists excuse to return to patriarchal family
- wrongly assumes nuclear family is ‘natural’
- drive poor families deeper into poverty
- ignores policies that support nuclear families
what influence do conservative parties 1970s have on social policies
+ conservative party reflected new right view in 1970s - banned promotion of homosexuality, set up child support agency
- included opposing policies- divorce easier and illegitimate children same rights