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Key social policies |
-abortion available for 24 weeks -pregnancy, working women entitled to maternity leave and have a right to resume a job -Birth/infancy- NHS provide free medical services -Between 5-18 you must receive formal tuition -oncr you reach 16 you can legally marry with parents consent |
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Fletcher (functionalists) |
Argues health education and housing policy had led to family performing functions more effectively |
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Criticisms of functionalist |
-assumes all family members benefit whereas feminists argue it's only men -assumes 'narch of progress' with policies but ignores reverse in progress like cutting welfare |
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Murray |
Welfare benefits reward irresponsible and anti-social behaviour |
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New right |
-Argue social policies should avoid doing anything to undermine the natural, nuclear self reliant family e.g. maternity leave -encourages dependant culture -less intereferrence the better |
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New right criticisms |
-Feminists- attempted return to traditional patriarchal family, confined women to domestic role -assumes patriarchal family is natural rather than a social construct -cutting benefits would simply drive more people into poverty |
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Hillary Land |
Social policies Assumes that the ideal family is the patriarchal nuclear with a male provider |
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Leonard |
Even where policies appear to support women they still reinforce patriarchal family and as a form of control over women e.g matenity leave is higher to imply women should look after the children |
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Donzelot |
Policy as a form of state control over the family. Argues social workers, health visitors and doctors use their knowledge to control and change families |
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Condry |
State seek control and regulate family life by imposing compulsory parenting order through courts |
