study on the Child and Family-Friendly Policies of the New Labour Government in Britain

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association 2000;38(7):67-77.

영국 신 노동당 정부의 아동 가족 친화적 정책에 관한 고찰

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동덕여자대학교 생활과학부 가정복지전공

study on the Child and Family-Friendly Policies of the New Labour Government in Britain

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ABSTRACT

This study reviews and analyses the policy changes happened in Britain regarding the family and children. Traditionally Britain has employed non-interventionist policies for the family and child care assuming the family as a private domain. This policy had been reinforced during the Thatcher regime. However the traditional families that Beveridge had idealized have been rapidly disappearing and child poverty has become critical concern for Blair's New Labour government with the rising number of lone parent families. The New labour's child and family-friendly policies to enhance the family life have been examined on the basis of government reports on Child Benefit, WFTC, Child Support Agency and the plans to support parents and to implement the child and family-friendly practices.