Social policy

Question 1

Global policies

Answer 1

China’s one child policy
Communist Romania in 1980 to increase birth rate

Question 2

Functionalism

Answer 2

Fletcher- social policies benefit all members and help families perform their functions
existence of national health service

Question 3

Donzelot

Answer 3

policies target poor families as ‘problem families’. they are mechanisms of control.

Question 4

Feminism (tax)

Answer 4

policies on tax,benefits and childcare place women in dependent positions. presume husbands are primary earners, making it harder for wives to claim benefits.

Question 5

Feminism (maternity)

Answer 5

maternity leave, while beneficial, reinforce the idea that childcare is primarily a woman’s responsibility

Question 6

Murray

Answer 6

Lone parents depend on welfare system which is a perverse incentive to not work

Question 7

Almond

Answer 7

Divorce laws have undermined marriage, same-sex marriage has undermined heterosexuality, tax laws discriminate against conventional families

Question 8

Abbott and Wallace

Answer 8

cutting benefits would simply drive more families into poverty and make them even less reliant