History GCSE
Social policy and the family
What Social policy and the family means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Social policy and the family
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The changes in family life, including easier divorce and legalised abortion in the 1920s, reversed by Stalin's 'Great Retreat' in the 1930s, which promoted traditional family life to combat falling birth rates.
Topics that use Social policy and the family
- Option 30: Key topic 4: Economic and social changes, 1924–41 - 4 The position of women and ethnic minorities (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Collectivisation
- Holodomor
- Political representation and equality
- Russification
- The 'Great Retreat'
- Women in the workforce
- Cultural suppression
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