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Functionalist belief in the welfare state |
Acts in the interest of society as a whole, helps families to function more effectively and make life better for the members |
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Functionalist sociologist used as evidence |
Fletcher |
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What does Fletcher say about social policy? |
It helps the family to function better. For example, the NHS provides medicine to help the family care for their members better |
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What do the feminists say about the functionalist view about social policy? |
All policies benefit men at the expense of women |
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What do the marxists say about the functionalist view? |
There isn't a march of progress and in fact, policies are reversing progress. For example, by cutting benefits for poor families, their lives are being made worse.
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What is the New Right view of social policy? |
It undermines the family as they weaken the family's self reliance by providing generous welfare benefits. For example, council housing for unmarried, teenage mums and give benefits to support lone parents. |
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What New Right sociologist is used as evidence for the New Right view? |
Murray |
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What do the Feminists say about the New Right view? |
They're just trying to return society to traditional, patriarchal family sturctures to subordinate women to men |
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What do the Post-Modernists say about the New Right view? |
The NR wrongly assume that the nuclear family are the 'natural' family structure |
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What do the Feminists think about social policy? |
Reinforces patriarchal ideas about the roles and status of men and women. For example, tax and benefits policies may assume that the husband earns the main wage and the woman in the financial dependant. This makes it difficult for women to claim benefits in their own right. This reinforces a woman's dependence on their husbands. |
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What Feminist is used as supporting evidence for the Fem view? |
Leonard |
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What does Leonard say about the Feminist view? |
Although maternity leave benefits women, thet also reinforce patriarchy by assuming the mother looks after the baby. |
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Who criticises the Feminist view? |
Drew |
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What does Drew say about the Feminist view? |
It depends on the country you're in. Some social policies are more equal than others. For example, in Sweden, husbands and wives are treated equally. |
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What do Liberal Feminists say about the Feminist view? |
Equal pay and sex discrimination laws, benefits for lone parents, refuges for abused women are all policies which help women. Therefore, it is unfair to say that all policies are there to reinforce patriarchy and there are none that benefit women. |
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What do the Marxists believe about Social Policy? |
It benefits Capitalism. For example, they see the low level of state pensions as evidence that once workers are too old to produce profit, they are maintained at the lowest cost possible. |
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What other evidence is there for the Marxist p.o.v (march of progress orientated) |
There is NOT a steady march of progress towards better, happier families. The welfare system e.g. NHS have been won through the class struggle to extract concessions from the capitalist ruling class. |
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How do the functionalists criticise the Marxists? |
Social policy benefits all members of the family and allows the family to perform it's functions more effectively. |
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How do the feminists criticise the Marxists? |
They ignore the effect of family life on women e.g. maternity leave policies reinforce the idea that childcare is a women's job. |
