SOCIOL 1C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Lgbt Parenting, Indian Register, Unemployment Benefits
5 Feb 2018
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Families: the state and social policy - 19/09/17: government uses specific definitions of family in creating social policy -> this allows them to determine eligibility criteria for programs, these criteria can be very problematic. Family policy encompasses: marriage and divorce laws, how will children be taken care of after divorce, determining division of assets. Spiritual labour (religious dietary restrictions: often, much of the labour comes from societal pressure (ie. media attention on gmos) Wealth was associated with length and amount of trapping lines, which were passed down mother"s line: thus, banning this kind of inheritance disrupted the organization or indigenous groups, forcing them to take on patriarchal european system. Legal rights over wives and children: property rights (while women had none, custody rights over children in event of marital dissolution or death. Women more able to rely on extended family to leave violent relationships: ex.
