Michael Young Social Entrepreneur
Michael Young is one of the key figures in British twentieth 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 cre
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Michael Young Social Entrepreneur Asa Briggs
© Asa Briggs 2001 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2001 978-0-333-75023-0 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1P 0LP. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2001 by PALGRAVE Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE is the new global academic imprint of St. Martin’s Press LLC Scholarly and Reference Division and Palgrave Publishers Ltd (formerly Macmillan Press Ltd). ISBN 978-1-349-41207-5
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DOI 10.1057/9780230508521 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources.
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Briggs, Asa, 1921– Michael Young : social entrepreneur / Asa Briggs. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Young, Michael Dunlop, 1915– 2. Sociologists– –Great Britain—Biography. 3. Social change. HM479.Y68 B75 2000 301'.092—dc21 [B] 00–053097 10 10
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Contents List of Plates
vii
Acknowledgements
viii
Abbreviations
ix
Foreword: Who? Which? Where? Why?
x
1.
In Lieu of an Autobiography
2.
Michael When Young
25
3.
Party Politics
66
4.
Two Places; One Purpose
110
5.
Merit and/or Solidarity
155
6.
Education for Change
183
7.
Necessary Research
220
8.
A World Agenda
258
9.
Mutual Aid
280
Unfinished Business
310
10.
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Afterword: The Last Victorian?
329
Notes
332
Main Writings of Michael Young
393
The Young Family Tree
400
Index
401
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Entrance to the courtyard, Dartington Hall, 1925. The little girl is Christine Gilpin. (© Dartington Hall Trust) Michael’s oil painti
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