Discuss the kind of rights that exist in your society. How do they affect your life ?
Kinds of Rights : In our society following kinds of right exist:
(i) Civil Right: Modern citizen get several civil right. These right involve the freedom of individual to line where they choose, freedom of speech and religion, the right to oven proverty; the might to equal justice before the law.
(ii) Political Right : These right include the right to participate in elections and to stand for public office. In most countries goverments were reluctant to admit the principle of Universal franchise. In the early years not only woman, but a large section of the mail population was excluded as holding a certain among of property was an eligibility critarian. Women had to wait longer for the vote.
(iii) Social Right : The third type of citizenship right are-social right. These concerned the prerogative of every individual to enjoy a certain minimum standard of welfare and security.
They include such right as health benefits, unemployment allowance, setting of minimum level of wages.
Wealth fare Right: The modern state are also called welfare state. They believe in broadly of social rights or giving more and more welfare right to their citizens. These rights led to the concept of welfare state. Such type of states were established were western countries since the Second World War. States of the earstwhile socialist countries had for reaching provisions in this sector.
In most developing countries, social rights were virtually non-existant but now a days all over the world most of the social or welfare right are being attacked as liabilities on the state and hindrances to economic growth.
Affect of Right on our life :
(i) Civil right provides us freedom and liberty of expression faith and religion. There right also produce as to have property. This is very important economic right. The right to equal justice establishes equality in society. Freedom and equality are to most powerful pillars of democracy.
(ii) Political right also affect us in representation democracy rights to vote is most important citizens choose their government of own liking after every four or five years. The right to participate election and stand public office provide us chance to reach at the highest office of the country.
(iii) Social right also affect our personality and thinking. Everybody want to enjoy good quality of life. Health, education good wages and right to get employment or unemployment allowance are very important from welfare of the citizens.
