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Title: Social Policy and the Family


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Social Policy and the Family
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  • Why do you think that the family is so central
    to government policy?

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  • David Morgan (Sociology Review)
  • Concerns about levels of government expenditure
    and the extent of state provision
  • Long term unemployment
  • Rising divorce rates
  • Increasing crime
  • Economic growth

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The social engineering of society
  • This refers to the attempt to mould society to
    reflect your interests
  • E.g. A ruler/government who believed people
    should take responsibility for themselves would
    have few or low benefits, or may have no welfare
    state at all.
  • The policies within the society would reflect the
    dominant ideology

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What ideology on the family is being reinforced
from the following policies?
  • A lack of quality affordable nursery provision
  • A lack of state funded elderly care homes
  • Financial responsibilities of fathers reinforced
    through Child Support Agency
  • Lack of benefit entitlement for a woman living
    with a man
  • Recognition of same sex marriages (Civil
    partnerships)
  • Changes in the Divorce Law making it quicker an
    cheaper

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Present/Future policy
  • Extended paternity pay and leave
  • Flexible maternity pay and leave with ability to
    share between mother and father
  • 1 million new childcare places
  • 15 hours per week free nursery education
  • same-sex "civil partnerships" granted the same
    tax advantages enjoyed by married couples

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  • In Britain there has been conflict between
    Left and Right ideas.
  • New Right (Conservative) had very traditional
    views on what the family should be. (Nuclear)
  • However they believed that the family should
    support its members with little interference from
    the state.

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  • The Left (Traditional Labour) support the
    nuclear family as the ideal but they recognise
    the value of alternative forms.
  • Left wing policies are much more focussed on
    supporting family members through the welfare
    state.

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Essay question
  • How far does social policy directed at the
    family, reflect and support the traditional view
    of the family?
  • (24 marks)
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