Family Social Policy

Question 1

Murray NR

Answer 1

Benefits offer perverse incentives for non-nuclear families

Question 2

Morgan NR

Answer 2

• Co-habitation is not married without a piece of paper

- Co-habitation is unstable, fragmentary and abusive

Question 3

Neil NR

Answer 3

-Nuclear families should be incentivised, offer stability and include commitment

Question 4

Fitzpatrick NL

Answer 4

• The NR have no evidence about impact of benefits being so negative.
• Wants to cut benefits, politically charged

Question 5

Barrer and Macintosh

Answer 5

• Family ideology is harmful, patriarchal and anti social

Question 6

Henriksen NL

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Baloo et al

Answer 7

• NL policy pretend to be liberal but view the nuclear family as the idea

Question 8

McKenzie

Answer 8

• Interviewed sure start users felt judged if working class so middle class users pushed working class users out.

Question 9

Brown and elning

Answer 9

• Under coalition policies, lone parent families conservative policies they’ve done worse.

Question 10

Alan

Answer 10

• State provision for families assumes a traditional nuclear family structure. Harder for non nuclear families.

Question 11

Foxharding

Answer 11

• Social housing should prioritising children’s needs it children in lone parent families are discriminated against so get less desirable housing.