all of social policy and the family

gender regimes sociologist

drew

drew

• traditional familistic gender regimes
• individualistic gender regimes

drew - traditional familistic gender regimes

a state with policies provides little financial/material support for women and children because it's assumed male parent provides support/assuming traditional family to be the norm

drew - individualistic gender regimes

a state with policies that provides support for individuals who choose alternative families such as single parent or same-sex families. - western european states are embracing this gender regime

(feminist) leonard

policy on maternity leave assumes parenting should be done by women

(feminist) leonard - policy on maternity leave assumes parenting should be done by women

even policies designed to aid women can support and oppress at the same e.g maternity leave supports woman with dual burden but expects them to perform triple shift with expressive role

(functionalist) fletcher

welfare state and support for the family

(functionalist) fletcher - welfare state and support for the family

introducing health education and housing policies has led to a welfare state that supports the family in performing its functions

murray

• perverse incentives
• underclass
• dependency culture
• absent fathers

murray - perverse incentives

you get cash for having kids while being unmarried, almost encouraging single parent families

murray - underclass

created by welfare dependency, leads to absent fathers

murray - dependency culture

the underclass rely on the state to receive benefits

donzelot

policing of families and households

donzelot - policing of families and households

policies in which state agencies monitor families, especially poor families

henricson - social liberalism and interventionism

argues that the result of these interventionist policies was 25% reduction in child poverty, however they also introduced controlling policies (2003 change to parenting orders which allowed for welfare benefits to be withdrawn of parents didn't attend parenting training)

morgan

• nuclear family is being undermined
• state as child carer
• state as breadwinner

morgan - nuclear family is being undermined

all traditional families are being undermined through no fault divorce laws & etc

morgan - state as child carer

government acting as if it's responsible for looking after children

morgan - state as breadwinner

government acting as the provider of families' material needs

(feminists) abbott and wallace - new right influence on social policy

idea that the influence of the new right is still there as women are still considered to be the primary care-giver

hayton

traditionalists and modernisers in the conservative party

hayton - traditionalists and modernisers in the conservative party

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1967 abortion act

legalised abortion up to 28 weeks in the UK

1967 sexual offences act

decriminalised homosexuality for men over 21

1969 divorce law reform act

enabled divorce to become easier for unhappy couples to access

1970 equal pay act

makes it illegal to pay women less than men for work of equal value

1975 sex discrimination act

outlawed discrimination against women by employers in the workplace

1991 child support act

forcing missing parents to pay CSA payments to the primary carer of children. amount of income affects the amount paid monthly.

2002 adoption (same-sex couples) act

allowed same-sex couples to adopt

2003 sexual offences act

marital rape was made illegal

2013 same-sex marriage act

same-sex marriage was now lawful

2014 children and families act

flexible maternal/parental leave

2017 universal credit capped at two children

you cannot receive benefits for more than 3 children

2020 no fault divorce act

you no longer need to blame one partner in order to get a divorce now

2021 domestic abuse act

recognises non-fatal strangulation and suffocation as a crime