SOCIAL STRUCTURE IN BRITAIN

“The social structure of Britain in the 21st century”

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“The social structure of Britain in the 21st century”

Introduction

The social structure of Britian is dependent upon the British Monarchy. In this the role of soveignty and the role of Royal Family is highy significant. The social structure is a stable connection between the elements in the social system. The basic elements of social structure are individuals occupying certain positions (status), and perform specific social functions (roles), a coalition of individuals based on their status attributes in the group, socio-territorial, ethnic and other community, etc. Social structure is an objective division of society into generality, roles, layers, groups, etc., pointing to the different situation of people in relation to each other on numerous criteria. Each of the elements of social structure, in turn, is a complex social system with its subsystems and relationship (Watson 1999, 61).

Discussion

From perspective point of view the United Kingdom appears as a country, that is traditionalist and conservative (constitutional monarchy), at first glance, like a developed country with its major needs and satisfied meaning and main needs: health, education, distribution of resources, etc.

Another point that strikes a lot, is that being a country, geographically separated from continental Europe that has remained throughout history as one of the major economic, industrial and cultural point of view (Jonathan 2000, 13).

Political system

Political system in Britian is kind of unclear because the state is ruled by the kings and the queens. Royals Queen in supporting the state and national responsibilities and carry out important work in the field of social services and charity, and helping to strengthen national unity and stability. Those who take the line of duty are members of close relatives of the queen, their children and their spouses and relatives of the queen (brothers, sons of King George VI) and their spouses. The younger members of the royal family, who are currently in education or military training - for example, Prince William and Prince Harry - do not perform their duties full time, but often play an important role in national events and celebrations.

The UK does not have a document that serves as a constitution fully defined something that only happens in two countries, Israel and New Zealand. The constitution of the United Kingdom, therefore, consists mainly on a collection of different written sources, including laws, statutes, case law and international treaties. However, there are limitations to the adoption of laws; for example, no legislature can make laws that cannot be changed in the future. The socio-political development of the UK at some stage, influenced the subsequent change of the system of social relations. Changing social configuration of society in the second half of 20th century, along with organizational and ideological factors strongly influenced the electoral fate of the Labor Party, forcing them to adapt to new conditions, modernization synthesized party structure and program (Jonathan 2000, 13).

This system of government, known as the Westminster system, the institutions directly inspired other countries such as Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, ...