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• Welfare State


  A system where the government provides educational, housing and health support for people.
• Labour Party


  a British political party, formed in 1900 from various trade unions and socialist groups, supporting the interests of organized labour (workers), democratic socialism and social equality (left-wing)
• Conservative Party (Tories)


  a British political party, developed from the Tories in the 1830s. It supports property owning, free enterprise (freedom for businesess) and an individual's responsibility for their situation (right-wing)
• Edwardian Era


  Edwardian period of British history covers the reign of King Edward VII, 1901 to 1910.
• Trade Unions


  organizations of workers in the same trade fighting for better pay and working conditions
• disparity


  inequality; difference
• rigid


  not flexible
• socialism


  an economic system where the ways of making a living (factories, offices, etc.) are owned by a society as a whole, meaning the profit made belongs to everyone in that society, instead of a group of private owners.
• capitalism


  a system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
• exploitation


  Taking advantage of a weaker group
• proletariat


  working class
• bourgeoisie


  middle class- bankers, factory owners, merchants, professionals, and skilled artisans. Often, they were well educated and believed strongly in the Enlightenment ideals of liberty and equality. Although some of these people were as rich as nobles, they paid high taxes and, like the rest of the Third Estate, lacked privileges. Many felt that their wealth entitled them to a greater degree of social status and political power
• aristocracy


  the highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary (=inherited) titles or offices (royal family, lords, dukes, barons, etc)
• patriarchy


  society ruled by men
• hierarchy


  a system where people are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.
• social class


  a group of people in a society who are considered to have the same status