Michael Young: Social Entrepreneur
Michael Young: Social Entrepreneur
Palgrave Macmillan | August 18, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0333750233 | 431 pages | PDF | 2.4 MB
Palgrave Macmillan | August 18, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0333750233 | 431 pages | PDF | 2.4 MB
Michael Young is one of the key figures in British 20th-century history. Focusing on family, community, and social change, he has cascaded ideas, in the process coining new words, like "meritocracy." He has also initiated or played a major role in creating new and well-known organizations, including the Consumers' Association and the Open University. In 1945 he drafted the Labour Party's successful election manifesto Let us Face the Future ; in 1965 he was the first Chairman of the new Social Science Research Council.