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Family and social policy (Donzelot ('The policing of families'…
Family and social policy
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Feminism
Leonard
Even where policies seem to support women (e.g. childcare the women can go to work), they still reinforce the patriarchal family and act as a form of social control over women, e.g. although maternity leave policies benefit women, it reinforces patriarchy, because the terms of paternity leave are less generous, implying that women are the natural carers
Functionalism
Fletcher
The introduction of health, education and housing policies in the years since the industrial revolution has gradually led to the development of the welfare state that supports the family in performing its functions more effectively
E.g. the introduction of the NHS means that families can take better care of sick members when they are ill
Donzelot
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Donzelot rejects the functionalist view and in turn, argues that social policy is a form of state control of the family
New Right
Murray
The state is providing overly generous welfare benefits. This is because these policies offer 'perverse incentives', meaning that the state rewards people for irresponsible or antisocial behaviour