social policy

Question 1

What are social policies

Answer 1

Plans and actins of governement

Question 2

Functionalist perspective on Social Policy

Answer 2

Argues it benefits everyone and allows family to perform fucntions

Question 3

New Right perspective on Social Policy

Answer 3

Favours nuclear family and think policies should favour them against all other

Question 4

Feminist perspective on Social Policy

Answer 4

Argue its based on normal type of family therefore policies reinforce existing patriachal roles

Question 5

Conflict perspective on Social Policy

Answer 5

Argues policies are used against families as a form of power. Focusing on poorer families

Question 6

Conservative Policy[79-97]

Answer 6

Tended to follow New Right policies

-Section 28 = stated that local authority shall not intentionally promote homesexuality or teaching in any maintained school

Child Support Act = Forced absent parents to pay maintenance for child

Question 7

New Labour Policy [97-2010]

Answer 7

Labour recognised many lone parents and unmarried couples raised families successfully for example opening sure start and legalising civil partnerships

Question 8

Coalition Policy[10-15]

Answer 8

Policies like legalising gay marriage, cutting child benefit for higher earner couple and cutting welfare benefit

Question 9

Cross cultural family policy

Answer 9

-China one child policy has discouraged couples from having more than one child in an attempt to control population (those who comply get extra benefits and those who dot are fined)

-In Russia state encouraged childbirth and marriage to increase birth rate