Families- Social Policies

Question 1

Murray? (new right)

Answer 1

benefits offer ‘perverse’ incentives for non nuclear families

Question 2

Morgan? (new right)

Answer 2

cohabitation is not ‘marriage without a piece of paper’- it’s unstable, fragmented and abusive

Question 3

Neil? (new right)

Answer 3

nuclear families should be incentivised as they offer stability, and encourage commitment and duty

Question 4

Fitzpatrick? (new left)

Answer 4

New right have no evidence on the impact of benefits being so negative; they’re politically motivated to cut benefits

Question 5

Barrett and Mackintosh? (feminist)

Answer 5

family patriarchy is harmful, patriarchal and antisocial

Question 6

Henrichson? (new left)

Answer 6

New Labour policies have at the heart of them social liberalism and ending child poverty

Question 7

Barlow et al?

Answer 7

claims New Left policies pretend to be liberal, but still view nuclear family as the ideal

Question 8

McKenzie?

Answer 8

investigates SureStart users, dound WC felt judged- MC pushed WC out yet WC needed it more

Question 9

Brown and Elming?

Answer 9

under 2010-15 coalition policies lone parent families fared okay, but under 2015-present Tory policies they have done worse

Question 10

Alan?

Answer 10

state provision for families assumes a traditional nuclear family structure, making life more difficult for non-nuclear families

Question 11

Foxharding?

Answer 11

Social housing should prioritise children’s needs, but children in lone parent families are discriminated against so get less desirable housing