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Social Policy - Social Policies Affecting Families and Households (Timeline) Flashcards

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1
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Which report took place in 1942 which led to the development of the welfare state?

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The Beveridge Report

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Why was the report of 1942 significant?

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The Beveridge Report 1942 was significant because it was the first report to make family welfare an issue

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What 2 things were introduced as a result of the Report of 1942?

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NHS and welfare state developed by Beveridge Report 1942

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Report of 1942: indirect or direct affect on families and households? Why?

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Indirect as the welfare state and NHS reduced property and improved health of poorest families on society

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What was made widely available on the NHS from 1961?

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The contraceptive pill

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Did the Pill introduced in 1961 have a direct or indirect affect on families and households? Why?

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Direct as it reduced family size

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2 acts of 1967 which had direct affect on families and households

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1967 Abortion Act
1967 Sexual Offences Act

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What did the 1967 Abortion Act do?

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Legalised abortion and included it on the NHS

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What did the Sexual Offences Act 1967 do?

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Decriminalised male homosexuality in England and Wales

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Significant act of 1969

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Divorce Reform Act

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What did the DRA lead to?

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Led to significant increase in number of divorces

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12
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How many divorces occurred in 1970?

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58,000

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How many divorces occurred in 1972?

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119,000

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Why did the 1969 Act allow individuals to do?

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The Divorce Reform Act 1969 allowed individuals to leave marriages that were simply unhappy, providing greater choice on relationships

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1969 DRA: direct or indirect affect on families and households?

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Direct

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Act of 1975 which sent clear message out about gender equality

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Sex Discrimination Act 1975

17
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Why was the act of 1975 developed?

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Sexual Discrimination Act 1975 developed to make discrimination illegal on grounds of sex and basis of marital status

18
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What became illegal in marriage from 1991?

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Rape became illegal in marriage from 1991

19
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What did the thing becoming illegal in marriage from 1991 attempt to make women (especially) feel?

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Rape in marriage becoming illegal from 1991 attempted to make women feel as if the state could intervene in private issues

20
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Rape becoming illegal in marriage from 1991: successful or not? Why?

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Not successful because it’s very hard to prove

21
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What was introduced in 2003 which feminists criticise?

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Child Tax Credit 2002

22
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What was the benefit of 2003?

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Child Tax Benefit 2003 - benefit paid to main career of the children (usually women)

23
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Why do feminists criticise credit of 2003?

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Criticise Child Tax Credit 2003 as it assumes women are main caregiver, reinforcing traditional gender roles

24
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What Act in 2004 led to what Act in 2014?

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Civil Partnership Act 2004 led to Gay Marriage Act 2014

25
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What did the Acts of 2004 and 2014 represent?

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Represented recognition of homosexual marriage as positive alternative to heterosexual relationships

26
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What did Acts of 2004 and 2014 give to homosexual parents?

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Civil Partnership Act 2004 and Gay Marriage Act 2014 gave homosexual parents same rights and roles and heterosexual parents

27
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What Act of 2010 reduced the stigma and increased acceptance of same-sex couples?

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Equality and Diversity Act

28
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What limit was put in place in 2017?

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The 2 child limit for tax credits

29
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What did the 2 child limit for tax credits in 2017 do?

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Restricted child tax credit to 2 children

30
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Impact of changes to divorce laws on family and households

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Changes to divorce laws has brought about changes in structure of the family as there are more single parents and reconstituted families

31
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Reconstituted families

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Step families

32
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What two acts led to changes in gender roles?

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Equal Pay Act and Sex Discrimination Acts

33
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Impact of policies promoting changes in gender roles on family and households

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Have given women more career aspirations leading to increase in symmetrical family

34
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What has less stigma of different family types led to?

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More same-sex couples

35
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Impact of social policies on birth rates

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Abortion and contraception acts have reduced birth rates

36
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What family type has increased due to NHS?

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Beanpole families - less people dying and less people having less children

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