Classes in Britain

There is still class system in Britain. People are divided into chiefly four classes. The classes are Upper Class, Middle Class, Working Class, and Under Class. The four classes are divided about position, job, and education, etc. I explain about the four classes.

Upper Class
Member of the upper class are very wealthy and have power. The upper class is divided into two classes: upper class and upper middle class. The position of the upper class is royal family, aristocrats, politicians, and captains. The position of the upper middle class is lawyers and doctors. The people of these classes have good speaking, behavior and education. The pronunciation is RP. They play golf, polo and shooting as sport. Also they read Guardian Telegraph Newspaper.

The left picture is polo.

The below picture is Guardian Telegraph Newspaper.












Middle Class
The middle class is also divided into two classes like the upper class: middle class and lower middle class. The position of the middle is white collar and teacher. White collar workers have very much poorer work and market situations than service class workers. The position of the lower middle class is office workers. They read Broadsheets Newspaper or The Times Newspaper.

Working Class
The working class is also divided into two classes like the above two classes: working class (skilled) and working class (unskilled). The position of the working class (skilled) is carpenters, engineers and electrician. The working class (unskilled) is laborers, waiters, dishwashers and porters. Manual workers are a declining proportion of all workers but an increasing proportion of manual workers are either female and from ethnic minorities. They read Tabloids Newspaper.

Under Class
The position of the under class is homeless and unemployment. They don't have job and don't have their house. Also, they are the lowest position in hierarchical society in Britain.

Reference
handout 'Contemporary British Society'