social policy

Question 1

Social policy requires us to think about how policies affect families.

Answer 1

going to compare several family policies that have been implemented in the past to influence to family.
china
germnay
russia
romania

Question 2

chinas one child policy 1979-2015

Answer 2

• if you break the agreement you will be fined
  -qomen faced pressure to be sterlised after there first child
  -wil;son - the policy was enforced by workplaces - women had to seek permission to get pregnant and were often put on a waiting list.
• if you comply you wouldget extra benefits. - free childcare and a priority in education
  –was introduce after a decade of a 2-child-policy

Question 3

soviet governmnet - abolishing the family 1920

Answer 3

• this happened after the russuian reveloutin

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Question 4

communist romania

Answer 4

• aimed to increase population after decline in births
  -restricted contraception and abortion availability
• legal age of marriage was lowered to 15
• they set up infertility centres and made divorce more hard
  -unmarried and childless couples paid 5% more in tax

Question 5

HOWEVER the uk is democratic country

Answer 5

by contrast these are extreme examples.
some argue that in a democratic societies like britian, the family is a private area the government does not intervene with- unless t5hings gonwrong like abuse.n

However, sociologists argue that that beven in a democratic societie, social policies shape family life.

Question 6

social policy timeline

Answer 6

social policy, refers to laws made by the government which aim to improve society or deal with a social policy.
- policies are based on laws introduced by the government which provide the frame work within which agencies will operate.

Question 7

what is a social policy?

Answer 7

• providing material support for the family. - such as cahs benefits. - through tax credits and child benefits.
• helping parents balance wokring life and family life. maternity pay, early years childcare, child protection laws.
• most social policie efect family.
  policies will effect familys directly and indirectly.
  directly - divorce law,adoption
  indirectly - compulsary education, tax laws

Question 8

conservatives 1979-1997

Answer 8

highly influenced by the new right.
focuses on strengthening the traditional nuclear family structure and roles.
- emphasises self-help and reliance by reducing welfae payments.

Question 9

Coalition government 2010-2015

Answer 9

• had very inconsistent policies on the family due to conflict between to camps of mps

1modernists - acceptance of diversity within family
2. traditionalists - who favour the new rights view of traditional nuclear family.

Question 10

new labour 1997-2010

Answer 10

still under he influence of new right.however more progressive , favouring a dual earning family over traditional roles. - gives some support to other famly type buttsillfavour the hetrosexual nuclearfamily.

Question 11

conservative 2016 - presnet

Answer 11

current conservative governent
-mostly concerned with the issue of te ukleaving the eu
- however they havr passed somepolicies relating to family which retuens to the new right focus the hadin 1980-90s

Question 12

policies that has shaped family structure

Answer 12

• 2child tax credit cap
• civil partnership act
• equal marriage act
• married couple tax allowance

Question 13

policies that shaped roles and responsibilities within the family.

Answer 13

-longer maternity leave
-shared parental leave
- working family tax credit
- equal pay act

Question 14

changing the position of children

Answer 14

-illegitmate chldren given the same rights as those to marrige couples.
- child support agency
- parenting order
- the childrens act