CLASS STRUCTURE IN THE UK

Class structure in the UK has been around since Medival times. It is beleived to have been started by the French in 900AD. It was then transfered to the UK by French settlers. According to History on the Net.com (2011), the system was in the order of King, Barons, Knights and villeins (Lower class citizens).This system was also under the rule of the Roman Catholic church. The UK still follows a monarch system but it is not as strict as it was in the early years.

These days, there isn't much difference seeing as the monarch system is still being followed. The only diffrence is that there are social classes outside the monarch system that such the working class, middle class and upper class whos wealth is none related to the royal family.

In Tanzania on the other hand, there is no monarchy system like in the UK. However, there used to exist a sort of ruling family where by one class would be in power of the whole village.According to everyculture.com (2012), the cheifs went by different names such as mangis or mtemis. The immediate members of the kings family were regarded as high class, the distant ones having some sort of wealth and so being regarded as the middle class. Individuals who owned large amounts of cattle or large pieces of land, had big families consisting of daugthers mostly where considered either as being middle class. Those who had small families, little or no labd or one or two cows were considered as the working class. Farmers also fell into this category.

This type of order died out as a result of colonialism and the present time is significantly different. Today,  high class social group consists of politicians,major businessmen,lawyers,specialist doctors and politicians. The middle class consists of doctors, university lecturers, businessmen, IT technitians and lawyers. The working class is made up of the police force, farmers,teachers, public service providers and semi skilled workers.

Welfare in Tanzania can be termed as "a work in progress". Services such as child supports services and pension provision may be seen as being under provided. Pensions provided by the Tanzanian government are not sufficient to cater to the daily expenses of the elderly, and so is deemed unreliable.

Every culture.com (2012) Chagga. Available at: http://www.everyculture.com/wc/Tajikistan-to-Zimbabwe/Chagga.html (Accessed 28 March 2012).

History on the Net.com (2011) Medieval life-Feudalism. Available at: http://www.historyonthenet.com/Medieval_Life/feudalism.htm (Accessed:16 March 2012).