social policy

• social policy


  a piece of law or legislation that effects the way we live
• laws that affect contemporary family life

  -one child policy china

  -adoption laws

  -divorce laws

  -civil partnerships
• china-one child policy


  -women sometimes had to seek permission from employer to get pregnant

  -incentives to have one child: free healthcare, less tax and better housing and educational services

  -punishments for having more than one child: fined, higher tax and pressure to undergo steralisation

  -law ammended in 2014

  -oldest place
• romania communism in 1980s

  -encouraged to increase birth rate under communist regime through social policy

  -restricted contraception, abortion made illegal, age of marriage lowered to 15 and high tax on childless couples
• nazi germany


  -encouraged radically pure women to breed a master race

  • restricted contraception and abortion
  • medals for many births- honour cross of motherhood gold for 8+ children
  • those deemed unfit for breeding were forced to be steralised
• social policy in favour of heterosexual

  -only legal form of marriage until 2005

  -no teachinf/promotion of homosexuality in schools (clause 28)
• social policy against heterosexuality

  -lowering age of sexual consent for homosexual relationships

  -abolition of clause 28
• social policy in favour of marriage


  -divorce laws requiring counselling and cooling off period 1996

  -promotion of marriage in sex education
• social policy against marriage

  -tax incentives to remain single parent

  -removal of barriers to divorce
• social policy for having two children

  -free contraception

  -legalisation of abortion

  -ivf programme supported by NHS

  -housing priority when children present
• policies against two children

  -child benefit for all children under 16 or in full time education has been said by new right to encourage big families
• social policy in favour of male breadwinner

  -CSA requires absent parent to maintain children

  -paternity leave traditionally 2 weeks
• social policy against male breadwinner

  -welfare benefits for single parents

  -equal pay act encourages both sexes to work
• social policy in favour of dependent wife

  -maternity leave 9-12 months

  -lack of nursery places and after school care

  -care in community relies on the informal care of relatives
• social policy against dependent wife

  -welfare to work programmes encourage single mothers to be independent