LO4 4.2 how social changes affect policy development Flashcards
values definition
general principles, beliefs or guidelines about how we should live
norms definition
specific rules or socially accepted standards about how we are expected to behave
mores definition
basic, essential norms that society sees as vital for maintaining standards
social changes from changes in values, norms and mores
smoking - used to be considered healthy, doctors advertised it and glamorised it, use to be a social norm
-1950’s first link between smoking and cancer = a gradual shift away and doctors no longer promoted it
policies developing from the changed view on smoking
Health Act 2006 = ban on smoking in public places and age risen from 16 to 18
Children and Families Act 2014 = extended offence for when someone smoking in a car with someone under 18
Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act = ban on print media and billboard advertising
publics perception affected by moral panic definition
Cohen = widespread feelings of fear, often irrational and fuelled by medias coverage of certain events
public perception moral panic example
video nasties which led to Video Recordings Act 1984 = all released films published for home media has to pass age clarification by BBFC = some films had to be edited or cut to receive an 18 certificate and some were banned
public perception drunk driving example
public see it as much more serious and became worried
1925 = drunk driving an offence
1967 road safety act = alcohol limit of 80mg of alcohol per 100mg of blood
1968 breathalysers = reduced drunk driving
demographic changes
from immigration:
racism - Equality Act says no discrimination in the workplace
FGM - serious crime act amended this
forced marriage - crime and policing act made this criminal
= social issues created by an increase in immigration
cultural changes
-homosexuality was illegal before 1960’s and was frowned upon however was decriminalised (the 1967 Act) - attitudes towards this changed due to equal rights, secularisation (decline on influence of religion) and individualism (right to choose our own lives)
