SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Unemployment Benefits, Prescription Drug, Tax Deduction
10 Nov 2016
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Definitions of family shape government social policy and inform the decisions we make about how to live our lives: co(cid:374)(cid:272)eptio(cid:374)s of fa(cid:373)ilies has (cid:449)ide(cid:374)ed, (cid:374)o lo(cid:374)ger t(cid:455)pi(cid:272)al (cid:862)(cid:373)o(cid:373)/dad (cid:449)hite pi(cid:272)ket fe(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:863) conception. Definition of family prior had excluded many individuals especially in regards to receiving government benefits and help. Your child or the child of your spouse or common-law partner (of at least one year) Excludes many people: grandparents, other members of family, etc. Policies that assume financial support (i. e. filial responsibility laws) Defining marriage: same-sex marriage provides policy reform and societal recognition of same sex relationships (ch. 7 siq, green) Families are socially constructive and change over time and place. Heterosexual nuclear family; sexual division of labour. 5 functions of families: regulating sex, economic cooperation, reproduction, socialization, emotional support. Impact of industrialization: families were no longer units of production, but units of consumption. Families used to be units of production. E(cid:373)erge(cid:374)(cid:272)e of pri(cid:448)ate propert(cid:455) resulted i(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:374)trol o(cid:448)er (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s fidelit(cid:455).
