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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Michael_Young,_Baron_YoungMichael Young, Baron Young of Dartington - Wikipedia

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   Michael Dunlop Young, Baron Young of Dartington, PC, HonFBA [1] (9 August 1915 – 14 January 2002), was a British sociologist, social activist and politician. Young was an urbanist , known as an academic researcher, polemicist and institution-builder.

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   • Earlier this month Dartington Trust was pleased to unveil a new commemorative plaque dedicated to Michael Young, the sociologist, social activist, academic, polemicist and the creator of social institutions whose influence has had such a lasting legacy here at Dartington.

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   Who was Michael Dunlop Young?

   • Michael Dunlop Young, Baron Young of Dartington, PC, HonFBA (9 August 1915 – 14 January 2002), was a British sociologist, social activist and politician. He was an urbanist of different dimensions such as academic researcher, polemicist and institution-builder. During an active life he was instrumental in shaping Labour Party thinking.

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   What is Michael Young known for?

   • Michael Young is known for coining the term 'meritocracy' in his satirical work, ''The Rise of the Meritocracy'' (1958). He was also the co-author of the classic sociology work, ''Family and Kinship in East London'' (1957). Unlike most academic sociologists, Young could translate ideology into 'brick and mortar'.

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   Who was Lord Young?

   • Lord Young (more properly Lord Young of Dartington; he was awarded a life peerage in 1978) was a master of backstage policy making. He wrote the manifesto that helped the Labor Party win a landslide victory in 1945 and instituted reforms in education, housing, health care and consumers' rights.

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3. www.nytimes.com › 2002/01/25 › worldMichael Young, 86, Scholar; Coined, Mocked 'Meritocracy'

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   Jan 25, 2002 · Michael Young, a sociologist and reformer who was a chief architect of Britain's postwar welfare state, died Jan. 14 at his home in London. He was 86. He had been ill with cancer...

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5. www.dartington.org › michael-youngMichael Young - Dartington Trust

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   Oct 15, 2019 · Michael Young. by Dartington Trust | Oct 15, 2019. more people behind the story. It has been said that Michael has had more influence on British public life than anyone else in the last century. He has also been described as a one-man think tank and as an inventor of social institutions.

6. archive.discoversociety.org › 2018/10/02 › the-birthThe Birth of Meritocracy: Michael Young, The Rise of the ...

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   Oct 2, 2018 · His research explores the changing nature of political ideologies in post-war Britain and their interaction with the concept of meritocracy. He completed his Masters in Modern History at the University of Warwick where his research explored the political thought of British sociologist Michael Young. Image: Samuel Zeller from Unsplash

7. academic.oup.com › tcbh › article-abstractMichael Young, Social Science, and the British Left, 1945–1970

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   Mar 29, 2021 · The British sociologist and ‘social entrepreneur’ Michael Young was one of post-war Britain’s most influential and elusive figures.

8. home.uchicago.edu › aabbott › barbpapersThe Rise of the Meritocracy, 1870–2033 by Michael Young ...

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   By Michael Young. London: Thames & Hudson, 1958. Pp. 160. $24.95. Barbara Celarent* University of Atlantis. InThe Rise of the Meritocracy, a sociologist in 2034 looks back on the preceding 160 years of education in Great Britain.

9. www.dartington.org › new-plaque-honours-michaelNew plaque honours Michael Young’s legacy at Dartington

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   Sep 24, 2021 · Michael Dunlop Young was a sociologist, social activist, academic, polemicist and the creator of social institutions. He is recognised as one of Britain’s most creative and influential social innovators and visionaries. He had an immeasurable influence on British public life.