Social Policy and exam prep

What is social policy ?

• Societies way of controlling the underclass

• The way society works to meet human needs

• A tax

• The name of a political party

What is included within social policy?

• Housing, Education and poverty

• Laws, Prisons and policing

• OFCOM, OFGEM and Citizens advice

• General elections, European elections and Local council elections

The welfare state is?

• The 51st state of the United States of America

• The idealistic view point of Marxism

• The way cool kids explain how nice the teachers are on access

• The way the government takes responsibility for social and economical security of the population

The welfare state was created because of ?

• Consequence of political competition

• Consequences of Economic success

• Consequences of technology

• Consequence of industrialization

What year did the Elizabethan poor laws come in place

• 1458

• 1452

• 1659

• 1552

What groups did the Elizabethan poor laws Identify

• Deserving poor, Deserving unemployed and Undeserving poor

• Undeserving unemployed, Undeserving poor and deserving poor

• Chavs, Mods and goths

What Changes came in to place in 1601?

• The closing down of workhouses

• Reduce the amount of hours children could work

• Collecting a poor relief rate from property owners

• Harsher punishments for the deserving poor

Between what years did poor laws change to a welfare state?

• 1896-1945

• 1855-1950

• 1818-1919

• 1834-1940

Who is this?

• Michael Parkinson

• Sir William Beveridge

• Sir William Macpherson

• Sir David Jason

Which of these are not one of the five giants that block progress according to Beveridge?

• Want

• Ignorance

• Idleness

• Industrialization