Family Policy Flashcards
China
One child policy
state would pay for the first child
Romania
Communist Run aimed to increase population cut down contraception & access to abortion marriage age lowered to 14 made divorce harder
Nazi Germany
Master race
sterilised disabled people
benefits/money for desired people who had children
UK
Democratic society
govt. dont have much influence
Functionalism
consensus society
family suits society’s needs
Functionalism encourages
Nuclear Family
stereotypical gender roles
New Right
Only likes Nuclear Family
New Right dislikes
lone-parent family as it encourages the welfare state
New Right Criticism
Ignores the benefits of other family types
Feminism
family is the main source of the patriarchy
Feminism dislikes
nuclear family, as it supports the gender division of labour
Feminism criticism
ignores historical progress
Conservative Party: Modernists
more accepting of family diversity
Conservative Party: Traditionalists
hate divorce/family diversity
Thatcher
banned promotion of homosexuality
hated divorce