AS Sociology Essay "Examine the ways in which state policies/laws may affect family life". In this essay I will be writing about what changes state policies and laws have made to the society and how they may affect family life by doing so. There are many policies/laws out there that have had an effect on family life and one of these was the ’Child Support Act’ which led to the formation of the ’Child Support Agency’. Other policies/laws include the Family Law Act of 1996‚ Rewarding marriages with
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Examine the ways in which social policies and laws may influence families and households. Jedy 3030 Social policies and laws have influenced families and household very significantly for the past century‚ take same-sex marriage as a famous example‚ Stonewall (2008) did a campaign for homosexual and bisexual rights‚ estimates that about 5-7% of the adult population today have same-sex relationships‚ research also shown that the number of the one-person household increased to
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“Examine the ways in which laws and social policies affect family life” To start with a social policy is an initiative or plan that the government would put in place to try and fix a problem or to make a positive change in society. Various political and social groups have different opinions on social policies‚ for example in the UK conservatives are very right wing and as of the moment Mr Osborne is proposing to save £10billion by making cuts across the board in its welfare fund. The Labour party
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Examine the ways in which social policies and laws may influence families and households (24 marks) Social policies are plans and/or actions set out by the government which will affect a family in one way or another. Depending on the social policy which is in place‚ this new action or law will either have a direct effect on the family‚ for example; in 1969 the ‘Divorce reform act’ was introduced making it legal for married couples to divorce. Before this divorce was non-heard of‚ and now this
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d) Examine the ways in which laws and social policies affect family life. Laws and social policies have been affecting the family for hundreds of years. They can alter how families look or function either directly or indirectly. Laws and policies can be aimed directly at the family to engineer change‚ to mould them into a new scheme or to change the way they function (such as contraception). However‚ family life can also be changed by indirect policies where the family is altered but the policy wasn’t
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different laws and policies that the government put in place which will affect various social issues; in this case the family. Some sociologists believe that this social policy the government enforces can make the family far more diverse; whilst others disagree. An example of this social policy can be in China there is a ‘one-child policy’‚ which limits families from having more than one child and in the instance that they do have more the government can inflict a series of penalties‚ this policy is in
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Examine the ways in which government policies and laws affect the nature and extent of family diversity. (24 marks) (Ao1-14 Ao2-10) Some sociologists have suggested that social policy has caused families to become more diverse while others disagree. Social policies are the laws and practices put in place by the government that effect social issues‚ in this case the family. For example‚ in the 1930’s the Nazi government in Germany wanted to encourage Aryan families and put in place policies
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Examine some of the ways in which Marxists explain crime. (12 marks) Ttraditional Marxists see crime as inevitable in capitalist society because it breeds poverty‚ ccompetition and greed. All classes commit crime‚ but because the ruling class control the state‚ they make and enforce laws in their own interests‚ criminalising the working class while escaping punishment for their corporate crimes. Traditional Marxism is criticised for ignoring non-class inequalities that affect crime and for determinism
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A- Two social problems that the family ‘often gets the blame for’ is crime and educational behaviour. The new right view say that the family are the cause of these problems because of the decline of the traditional nuclear family and the growth of family diversity. B- one way professionals police and regulate families is that doctors tell parents what to do and give parents advise using their expertise. For example they can tell parents what to do or give their children if they are ill or
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Examine the ways in which laws and social policies affect family life Firstly in the UK‚ family is not controlled by regulations or law‚ compared with different societies such as China. Many Laws or social policies tend to encourage or discourage different types of families; however they do not actively enforce laws or regulations onto them like China’s one child policy. The Government or other agencies only take an active role on policing areas of family life when things are perceived to have gone
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