support policies that promote traditional nuclear family - support child and marriage tax credit to support family roles
FUNCTIONALISM
believe state policies should support families to perform their functions
FUNCTIONALISM EVALUATION
marxists disagree and think the policies only benefit the ruling class
feminists think it only benefits men
THE NEW RIGHT
emphasise traditional nuclear family values and marriage tax credit to provide children with stability
THE NEW RIGHT
dont support welfare benefits, creates a culture of dependency and wants to abolish them
THE NEW RIGHT
oppose same sex marriage - unnatural
adoption and childrens act - undermines traditional family values
divorce reform act - breaks up traditional nuclear family and leads to instability
FEMINISM
changing attitudes and state policies led to greate equality in family eg. paternity rights
FEMINISM
radical and marxist critical of state policies and say many support patriachal traditional nuclear family eg. paternity act women will still take time off to look after children, equal pay act yet there is still gender pay gap
MARXISM
state policies are designed by the ruling class to reproduce capitalistic society
FEMINISM
policies like child tax credit maintain false class consciousness to let ruling class exploit working class and give the illusion capitalism is fair
FEMINISM EVALUATION
policies like free school meals are not negative for working class and help them
