Social Policy

Question 1

Divorce reform act

Answer 1

Allows women to divorce men without their permission.

Creates reconstructed families, lone parents families and lone person families.

Question 2

Same sex marriage

Answer 2

Allows homosexual marriage, creates same sex families.

Question 3

Equal pay act

Answer 3

Feminists like this, women get payed equal to men.

Question 4

Marriage tax allowance

Answer 4

Married couples get money taken off their tax bill, encourages people to get married.
New right like this.

Question 5

Sex discrimination

Answer 5

Illegal discrimination in the work place, gives women reason to work.

Question 6

Welfare state act

Answer 6

Gives poorer families a home

Question 7

Child protection act

Answer 7

Social services/child line, more things put in place. Better and safer childhood.

Question 8

Benefits

Answer 8

Helps poor families.

New right think people exploit this.

Question 9

Postmodernists view on social policy

Answer 9

Changes in society towards equality makes everything better

Question 10

Feminists

Answer 10

Women are not yet equal to men. Like social policy that gives women more independence

Question 11

Functionalist

Answer 11

Woman are not equal to men.

Question 12

Marxist

Answer 12

The working class are placed below the other classes. Oppression is everywhere. Private property.

Question 13

New right

Answer 13

Like traditional Norms and values, woman are below men.

Question 14

Education Reform Act 1988

Answer 14

Introduced

• national curriculum
• league tables
• ofsted
• formulae funding
• diversity of schools such as specialist schools and faith schools

Question 15

New labour policies 1997

Answer 15

• Aimed to reduce inequalities
• Any school could become a specialist school
• Raised school leaving age

Question 16

1965 comprehensive education

Answer 16

• no selection / based on catchment area
• mostly one class so schools in working class areas were worse
• mixed ability class means people were held back

Question 17

Education act 1944

Answer 17

Tripartite system 
-11+ exam 
Grammar schools
Technical schools 
Modern schools
Caused inequality, wealthier children more likely to attend Grammar Schools

Question 18

1997 New Labour Policies

Answer 18

Aim to reduce inequality, introduced specialist schools for all, raised school leaving age