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Using poverty and domestic violence as examples, critically investigate the different roles that 'the family' plays in explanations of, and solutions to, social problems.
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Using poverty and domestic violence as examples, critically investigate the different roles that 'the family' plays in explanations of, and solutions to, social problems, During the course of this essay it will become clear that the definition of a social problem, how it is constructed, understood and ultimately acted upon, depends on many factors. The degree to which it is conceptualised as a private problem, to be dealt with primarily by, or within 'the family', or a public issue, subject to intervention by agencies of the state, tends to be dependant on prevailing dominant discourses, which in turn are determined by the current political environment, professional and expert knowledge and contradictory common sense notions. Despite a widely held belief that a division exists between the private world of the family and the public world of the state, the extent to which this dichotomy holds true founders somewhat when consideration is...
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