Unit 1 SCLY1 - Culture and Identity; Families and Households; Wealth, Poverty and Welfare
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Summary AQA AS/A2 Sociology Family and Social Policy Notes
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Unit 1 SCLY1 - Culture and Identity; Families and Households; Wealth, Poverty and Welfare
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Notes on the “Family and Social Policy” topic for AQA Sociology. Comprehensive but concise summary of the topic includint theories, key terms and theorists, as well as contemporary examples for your exams!
Unit 1 SCLY1 - Culture and Identity; Families and Households; Wealth, Poverty and Welfare
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Key terms A comparative view of family policy
Quotes policies of govts have an effect on families/their members
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Sociologists one child policy (china)
Important compliant couples get extra benefits e.g. tax allowance, and
B/I/H: subheading only children are prioritised in education
Bold: important couples with multiple kids must repay allowances, pay fines
point in description pressure to get sterilised after first child
Underline: don’t
forget this!
policies to raise birth rate (communist romania)
restrictions on contraception/abortion
infertility treatment centres
restrictions on divorce, lowering marriage age
taxes for unmarried/childless couples
procreation in nazi germany
encouraging the healthy/pure to breed a master race
restricting contraception
families and social policy 1
, no working for women so they can focus on children,
kitchens and church
compulsory sterilisation for those deemed unfit to breed
democratic societies
view the family as a private sphere of life
reluctant to intervene unless abuse etc.
social policies still play a role in shaping family life
Functionalists on family and social policy
believes society is build on consensus, and state acts in the
interests of society
e.g. policies help families to perform functions better
💡 Fletcher (1966) : Health/education/housing policies
since industrial revolution has led to the development
of a welfare state which supports the family in
performing functions
NHS = family can take care of sickly members
better
EVAL: assumes all members of the family benefit equally, and
assumes there is a march of progress (where policies steadily
make life better and better
policies often benefit men at womens expense
policies can reverse progress e.g. cutting benefits
donzelot: policing the family
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