Lloyd George found new popularity among the working classes as he was seen as trying to bring about a rise in their standard of living, this is shown through his policies such as the 1911 National Insurance Act and 1908 Old Age Pensions Act. ... Lloyd George was impressed with what he saw in Bismarck's Germany in terms of their social standards and standard of living he realised that if Britain was to remain ahead it was in need of some modernising changes and fast. ... To put an end to Britain's social declines and raise the standard of living. ... He was helped by changing at...

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Relative poverty uses the standard of living enjoyed by or taken for granted by most people as the base line from which poverty can be measured. ... There is no official poverty line in the U.K., but where we draw the line depends on what we view as a minimum level of income and standard of living for family and individuals. Poverty in most British studies has been defined as anyone with an income on or below the level of income supplement (100% benefit) is defined as living in poverty. ... Childhood death rates from accidents (the largest single cause of death in childhood) are a clear exampl...

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The criteria to assess a country's development is by looking at its gross domestic product, , gross national product, the per capita income, level of industrialization, amount of widespread infrastructure and general standard of living. ... All these are discussed collectively below in the theory explained below with several case studies listed as examples. ...

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Even those below the so-called poverty line are willing to trade in their hard earned dollars (much needed for more important things of use-value) for highly regarded clothing labels in an attempt to buy their way into middle class society. ... Veblen's position (1899) was that the upper classes invented fashion to distinguish themselves from those below. ... But with the use of fashion labels, the lower classes are presented with a how to guide of living a rich materialistic lifestyle. ...

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But whatever the efforts the number of people living below the poverty line in the country has swelled by millions in recent years19. ... The goal is not to improve upon figures of rate of inflation, per capita income, gross domestic product, and the like, but the aim is to improve the living conditions of the people and bring about over all development....

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The upper class were also the most hated in society and the most frowned upon people in society because of their beliefs that they were better than everyone else in society and anyone outside the nobility were considered below or inferior compared to them. ... Author Francois-Marie Arouet better known as "Voltaire" grew up in a middle class family in Paris where most of the people at this time were living in poverty. ... (Page 25) He believed that if he was living in the "best of all possible worlds", innocent women and children would not be brutally injured. ...

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He noticed that they treated the earth as a living creature that responded to what they do just as much as they did to it. ... But many tribal cultures view and treat the earth as a living being in itself that has the ability to perceive communicate just as we do. ... "we cannot, as humans, precisely experience the living sensations of another form. ... Although from our perspective it is very unlikely that the cobblestone below our feet can perceive the world, we must acknowledge that our observation is limited by the extent of sensorial experience. ... "For almost all oral culture...

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Through this suggestion, they can not only cover their basic needs but focus on important things such as education to be applicable for better jobs and contribute to the society which fits in my view as it is stated in the liberalism ideology "social entitlements are respected, including a certain standard of living and access to decent education, health care and accommodation" (Turner & Turner, 28). ... In The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better by Richard Wilkinson & Kate Pickett follows the socialism ideology and focuses on the negative lifestyle of the ...

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Social Stratification and Social Class The definition of social stratification is the division of people into layers according to their relative power, property, and prestige. All nations practice social stratification, and always, the men are put before the women. There are three major systems...

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Whatever the specific components of this better life, development in all societies must have at least the following objectives. 1- To increase the availability and widen the distribution of basic life-sustaining goods such as food, shelter, health and protection. 2- To raise levels of living including in addition to higher incomes, the provision of more jobs, better education and greater attention to cultural and humanistic values, all of which will serve not only to enhance material well-being but also to generate greater individual and national self-esteem. 3- To expand the range of econ...

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This dramatic adjustment in people's lives, which took place due to living in cities, caused many to take a look at the conditions they were living in. ... Marx believed this would happen radically as "the modern laborer sinks deeper and deeper below the conditions of existence of his own class and here it becomes evident that the bourgeoisie is unfit any longer to be the ruling class in society" (Marx). ...

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