perspectives on family policy

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functionalism

  • state acts in interest of society and social policies help to improve this

  • assumes all policies help everyone equally

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the new right

  • social policies may weaken and undermine families self reliance such as benefit policies but favour child maintenance services

  • feminists argue this is a attempt to justify return to traditional roles

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feminism

  • maintain womens subordinate roles such as being paid child benefit and maternity leave

  • not all policies support patriarchy such as same sex marriage and sex discrimination laws

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marxism

  • benefit capitalism and ignore class inequalities and any help can easily be cut again such as 1980 thatcher benefit cuts- benefit capitalism such as in ww2 needing a female labour force but remocing benefits once men return for war

  • gender blind and to deterministic