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1. Which of the following political approaches would be associated with the postmodernist perspective in sociology? (choose one)

   1.   ?    Social Democrats
   2.   ?    The New Right
   3.   ?    New Labour

2. Which of the following political approaches would be associated with the functionalist perspective in sociology? (choose two)

   1. Social Democrats
   2. The New Right
   3. New Labour
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3. Which of the following sociological approaches would welcome the introduction of the Child Support Agency, which enforces maintenance payments on biological fathers who do not live with their children?

   1. Functionalists
   2. Feminists
   3. Postmodernists
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4. Which of the following sociological approaches would welcome paternity leave for fathers? (choose two)

   1. Functionalists
   2. Feminists
   3. The New Right
   4. Postmodernists
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5. Which of the following sociological approaches would welcome financial support for lone parents? (choose two)

   1. Functionalists
   2. Feminists
   3. The New Right
   4. Postmodernists
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6. Which of the following sociological approaches would welcome support for working mothers? (choose two)

   1. Functionalists
   2. Feminists
   3. The New Right
   4. Postmodernists
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7. Which type of family or household does the New Right approach support? (choose one)

   1. The traditional family
   2. Lone parent households
   3. Cohabiting couples
   4. Family diversity
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8. "The great majority of married women must be regarded as occupied in work which is vital but unpaid, without which their husbands could not do their paid work, and without which the nation could not continue." (Beveridge Report, 1942) Which sociological perspective would share this view?

   1. Functionalists
   2. Postmodernists
   3. Feminists
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9. "A child with a mother and no father, living in a neighbourhood of mothers with no fathers, judges by what he sees. In communities without fathers, the kids tend to run wild. The fewer the fathers, the greater the tendency." (Charles Murray) What did he think would happen to young men growing up in this situation? (choose any that you think apply)

   1. No male role models for stable family life
   2. No understanding of being a breadwinner
   3. An appreciation that women could be effective heads of households
   4. They would probably become members of an underclass
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10. Does UK government policy support the traditional family? (choose all that you think apply)

    1. The current government supports a variety of types of household and families
    2. New Right governments in the 1980s and early 1990s supported the traditional family, and did not wish to support other types of household
    3. All governments in the past 30 years have accepted that family diversity is a fact of life in contemporary Britain
    4. All governments in thepast 30 years have given greater support to the traditional family
    5. It depends on which government you mean
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