Michael Young, baron z Dartingtonu (9. srpna 1915 – 14. ledna 2002) byl britský sociolog a politik, který vytvořil pojem "meritokracie".
Život
Mládí Michael Young se narodil v Manchesteru jako syn australského violisty a hudebního kritika a irské malířky a herečky. Do svých osmi let vyrůstal v Melbourne a do Anglie se vrátil těsně před rozvodem svých rodičů. Studoval ekonomii na London School of Economics a stal se advokátem.
Politická kariéra Napsal satirické dílo The Rise of Meritocracy (1958), ve kterém zavedl pojem "meritokracie".
V roce 1978 mu byl udělen titul baron z Dartingtonu.
Dílo Will the War Make Us Poorer? [with Sir Henry Noel Young] (1943) Civil Aviation (1944) The Trial of Adolf Hitler (1944) There's Work for All [with Theodor Prager] (1945) Labour's Plan for Plenty (1947) What is a Socialised Industry? (1947) Small Man, Big World: A Discussion of Socialist Democracy (1949) Fifty Million Unemployed (1952) Study of the Extended Family in East London (1955) Family and Kinship in East London [with Peter Willmott] (1957) The Rise of the Meritocracy (1958) Chipped White Cups of Dover: A Discussion of the Possibility of a New Progressive Party (1960) Family and Class in a London Suburb [with Peter Willmott] (1960) New Look at Comprehensive Schools [with Michael Armstrong] (1964) Innovation and Research in Education (1967) Forecasting and the Social Sciences [ed.] (1968) Hornsey Plan: A Role for Neighbourhood Councils in the New Local Government (1971) Is Equality a Dream? (1972) Lifeline Telephone Service for the Elderly: An Account of a Pilot Project in Hull [with Peter G. Gregory] (1972) Learning Begins at Home: A Study of a Junior School and its Parents [with Patrick McGeeney] (1973) Symmetrical Family: A Study of Work and Leisure in the London Region [with Peter Willmott] (1973) Mutual Aid in a Selfish Society: A Plea for Strengthening the Co-operative Movement [with Marianne Rigge] (1979) Building Societies and the Consumer: A Report [with Marianne Rigge] (1981) Report from Hackney: A Study of an Inner-City Area [with others] (1981) The Elmhirsts of Dartington: The Creation of an Utopian Community (1982) Inflation, Unemployment and the Remoralisation of Society (1982) Up the Hill to Cowley Street: Views of Tawney Members on SDP Policy [ed. with Tony Flower and Peter Hall] (1982) Revolution from Within: Cooperatives and Cooperation in British Industry [with Marianne Rigge] (1983) Social Scientist as Innovator (1983) To Merge or Not to Merge? (1983) Development of New Growth Areas: Workers' Cooperatives and Their Environment: Comparative Analysis with a View to Job Creation: Support for Worker Cooperatives in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Netherlands [with Marianne Rigge] (1985) Metronomic Society: Natural Rhythms and Human Timetables (1988) Rhythms of society [ed. with Tom Schuller] (1988) Campaign for Children's After-School Clubs: The Case for Action [with Matthew Owen] (1991) Life After Work: The Arrival of the Ageless Society [with Tom Schuller, Johnston Birchall and Gwyneth Vernon) (1991) Governing London [with Jerry White] (1996) The New East End: Kinship, Race and Conflict [with Geoff Dench and Kate Gavron] (2006)
Odkazy
Reference
Externí odkazy Michael Young 1915–2002 – Social Entrepreneur The Jobs Letter, 14 February 2002
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