Class Structure and Welfare

The class structure in the UK is divided into three parts namely the  Upper,Middle and working class.The Upper class is made up of the rich and influential and this class includes the Royal family,Noble men,Bishops, Senior politicians and top entrepreneurs who have a sense of power and huge land owning and also enjoy incomparable extravagance of display of their wealth.

Next is the middle class which includes the professionals, doctors, lawyers and those in managerial jobs while the working class consist of cleaners,store keepers and low income earners.

In Nigeria we also have three classes namely the upper class,middle class and lower class.The upper class is divided into upper class and upper middle class. The upper class comprises of the president, the people in the office of the presidency, top government officials, the wealthy royal families, formal presidents, elders in council. While the upper middle class is made up of top military officers, top entrepreneurs, top politicians, top academicians.
Just like the upper class, the middle class is also divided into upper-middle class and lower-middle class. The upper middle class is made up of the professionals, top business men, lecturers while the lower-middle class comprises of small business men and women, public servants and teachers.
The lower class, this can also be called the working class. This is where the majority of population of people in my country can be found. This class consists of the petty traders, brick layers, temporary job workers and so on.


Welfare is a lot better in the UK in terms of basic amenities, social security, health insurance, security of lives and property and access to the justice system.In Nigeria as well as almost every African nation such things are still a mirage and non existent due to corruption,backwardness and many other factors.The politicians make sure they are none existent so the citizenry will continually remain under their control.


REFERENCES


Class and Culture (2012) BBC Two Television, 25 February. Available at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01cmxck/Melvyn_Bragg_on_Class_and_Culture_Episode_1/
(Accessed: 12 March 2012).