Mini topic 7- Social Policies

Question 1

List all the social policies introduced

Answer 1

Divorce Law Reform Act 1969
Sure Start
Benefit cut
Civil Partnerships Act 2005 and Marriage Act 2014
Child Trust Funds 
Child Tax Credit
New Deal

Question 2

What was the Divorce Law Reform Act 1969?

Answer 2

An act created to simplify the grounds for divorce. It meant that no witness or going to court was needed.

Question 3

What was the result of the Divorce Law Reform Act on families and households 1969?

Answer 3

Created more family diversity
Meant there were many divorced women living in poverty
Created a strain on families as it was an emotional process
Acted as a way out of empty shell/ abusive marriages

Question 4

What are the sociological perspectives on the Divorce Law Reform Act 1969?

Answer 4

New Right= against

Feminists and Post Modernists= for

Question 5

Who introduced Sure Start?

Answer 5

Labour (then coalition scrapped it)

Question 6

What was Sure Start

Answer 6

Referred to centres that were set up in order to provide children the best start in life with early education, childcare, health and family support.

Centres provided drop in sessions for advice, parenting classes, maternity grants for new babies and around 12.5 hours of free childcare for young children.

Question 7

What affect did Sure Start have on families and households?

Answer 7

Aimed to help poor families financially by convincing parents to get back into work and by advising parents on how to deal with problem kids to deal with antisocial behaviour.

Question 8

What are the sociological perspectives on Sure Start?

Answer 8

Marxists, Dunzelot, and New Right = against

Feminists = for

Question 9

What is a Child Trust Fund

Answer 9

An initial endowment from the government for all children born after September 2002, so when they were 18 they had access to a springboard into their future.

Question 10

Who introduced Child Trust Funds?

Answer 10

Labour (But coalition scrapped)

Question 11

What was the impact of Child Trust Funds on Families and Households?

Answer 11

A long-term policy to remove children from poverty

Question 12

What are the sociological perspectives on Child Trust Funds?

Answer 12

New right= against

Marxism= against, say it’s an empty gesture policy

Question 13

Who introduced Maternity and Paternity leave?

Answer 13

Labour and coalition

Question 14

What was maternity and paternity leave?

Answer 14

Statutory maternity leave=52 weeks
paternity leave=2 weeks

Since 2010 additional paternity leave of up to 26 weeks if partner is returning to work for new dads of babies born after April 2011.

Question 15

What impact did maternity & paternity leave have on parents?

Answer 15

Can be seen as march of progress towards gender role equality?

Question 16

What are the sociological perspectives on maternity and paternity leave?

Answer 16

New Right= against

Feminists= radical=against and liberal=for

Question 17

What is Child Tax Credit?

Answer 17

Payments from the government for parents who have 1 or more children/ young people living with them.

Question 18

Who introduced Child Tax Credit?

Answer 18

Labour

Question 19

What impact did Child Tax Credit have on families and households?

Answer 19

Improved the standards of living as lower income families had more money now.

Question 20

What are the sociological perspectives on child tax credit?

Answer 20

Feminists= for as it helps single mothers
New Right= against
Marxists=against as is an empty gesture policy

Question 21

Who introduced benefit cuts?

Answer 21

Coalition government

Question 22

What are benefit cuts

Answer 22

Capps on the amount of benefit money people could get ie) £500 a week max, to make ‘work pay’.

Question 23

What was the impact of the benefit cuts on families and households?

Answer 23

Made the poor even poorer

Question 24

What are the sociological perspectives against benefit cuts?

Answer 24

New right= for

Marxists and feminists= against

Question 25

Who introduced the Civil Partnerships 2005 Act and the 2014 Marriage Act?

Answer 25

CPA 2005= Labour

MA2014=coalition

Question 26

What are the Civil Patnerships act 2005 and the Marriage act 2014?

Answer 26

CPA2005= allowed registration of CP of homosexual couples, allowed them to adopt, ensured them equality in terms of rights.

MA2014= Created full equality by redefining marriage to be a union between 2 PEOPLE.

Question 27

What was the impact of the CPA2005 and MA2014 on families and households?

Answer 27

created more equality and social justice

created more family diversity

Question 28

What are the sociological perspectives on the CPA2005 and the MA2014?

Answer 28

New Right= against
PM=for
feminists=for

Question 29

What was the New Deal?

Answer 29

Aimed to get the unemployed working by teaching them the correct skills to be employed ie) IT. Focused at Lone Parent families with parents who didn’t work and their youngest child was 16 or for parents who worked less than 16 hours a week.

Question 30

Who introduced the New Deal?

Answer 30

Labour

Question 31

What was the impact of the New Deal on families and household?

Answer 31

To get people out of poverty via equipping them with the skills to find them work

Question 32

What are the sociological perspectives on families and households?

Answer 32

Marxist - against- empty gesture