Michael Young
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)

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Reference

Externí odkazy 
 Michael Young 1915–2002 – Social Entrepreneur The Jobs Letter, 14 February 2002

Britští sociologové
Britští politici
Členové Labouristické strany
Narození v roce 1915
Narození 9. srpna
Narození v Manchesteru
Úmrtí v roce 2002
Úmrtí 14. ledna
Úmrtí v Londýně
Pohřbení na hřbitově v Highgate
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