SOCIAL CLASS

The Social Class Structure of the UK is changing

The Social Class Structure of the UK is changing

Introduction

The paper discusses that the social class structure of the UK is changing with respect to various theories and global development in the region. Furthermore, different examples are provided in order to explain the topic in an effective way. One of the most characteristic features of recent years is the increase in social inequality. This growth of social inequality leads to a fragmentation of societies. When we look at the current class structure we can say it is a fragmented class structure, the expression of current classes is different from the previous (Tinklin, 2000).

At the end of Eighteen century, England had entered a new phase of industrial development of capitalism. In the 60 years of the same century, it began the world's first industrial revolution marked the transition from factory to factory production. In the second half of the century, it developed simultaneously with the final agrarian revolution, which led to the folding of capitalist methods of farming in the village (Breen, 2004). The result of the agricultural and industrial revolution was a change in the social class structure of English society and the formation, in the end, the main classes of industrial society - the industrial bourgeoisie and wage-workers (the proletariat). Changes in the socio-economic sphere affected the political life of England. In the political arena were new classes, actively join the fight for their rights.

Background

The establishment (the network of political institutions and media groups close to major financial and economic pressure) that governs each of the EU countries has been showing a huge complacency based on a great ignorance and insensitivity of the negative consequences that neo-liberal policies that have been developed over the last thirty years have had on the masses of their countries significantly damaging their welfare. Within these classes the most adversely affected have been young, and particularly those who lack job skills that would facilitate their integration into the labour market (Rose & Pevalin, 2003). Some believe that the class is a relic of the past, because the class does not interfere excessively in the lives of citizens. However, the concept of class still present, although not as much as 50 years ago. Rise of the young people living in some of the poorest neighbourhoods in the UK has surprised the political establishment and the media in that country. It is happening in several countries of the European Union (EU). This situation has been created by the Cameron government (Tinklin, 2000).

The huge social inequalities in Britain (the largest in the EU) have been the result of the policies pursued by successive governments that have ruled the UK from that of Mrs. Thatcher to those of Mr Blair and Brown. However, the policies proposed and approved by David Cameron's government, a coalition of conservative party with a liberal party, have worsened the situation in a very remarkable. The Cameron government has created a culture of social Darwinism ...