Title Michael Young, social science, and the British Left, 1945-1970 / Lise Butler

Edition First edition Published Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020 ©2020

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 264 pages) Series Oxford historical monographs Oxford historical monographs. Contents 'We were all very sick and very stupid': the Conference on the Psychological and Sociological Problems of Modern Socialism and the politics of the group -- 'Bigness is the enemy of humanity': political and economic planning, social sicence, and public policy, 1945-1950 -- 'For richer, for poorer': family policy and women, 1950-1952 -- The Institute of Community Studies, 1953-1958 -- From kinship to consumerism: coming to terms with the middle class, 1958-1963 -- Facing the future: social science in the first Wilson government, 1964-1970 Summary "In the mid-twentieth century the social sciences significantly expanded, and played a major role in shaping British intellectual, political, and cultural life. Central to this shift was the left-wing policy maker and sociologist Michael Young. In the 1940s Young was a key architect of the Labour Party’s 1945 election manifesto, Let Us Face the Future. He became a sociologist in the 1950s, publishing a classic study of the London working class, Family and Kinship in East London, with Peter Willmott in 1957, and the 1958 dystopian satire, The Rise of the Meritocracy, about a future society in which status was determined entirely by intelligence. Young also founded dozens of organizations, including the Institute of Community Studies, the Consumers’ Association, and the Open University. Moving between politics, academia, and activism, Young believed that the social sciences could help policy makers and politicians understand human nature and build better social and political institutions. This book examines the relationship between social science and public policy in left-wing politics between the end of the Second World War and the end of the first Wilson government through the figure of Michael Young. It shows how Young and other researchers and policy makers challenged Labour values like full employment and nationalization, and argued that the Labour Party should put more emphasis on relationships, family, and community. Showing that the social sciences were embedded in the politics of the post-war left, this book argues that historians and scholars should take their role in British politics and political thought seriously"--Publisher's description Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from web page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed on November 23, 2020) Subject Young, Michael Dunlop, 1915-2002. SUBJECT Young, Michael Dunlop, 1915-2002 fast Subject Labour Party (Great Britain) SUBJECT Labour Party (Great Britain) fast Subject Social sciences -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Right and left (Political science) -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Political planning -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Political planning Politics and government Right and left (Political science) Social sciences SUBJECT Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1945-1964. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056921 Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1964-1979. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056923 Subject Great Britain Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780192607805 0192607804 9780192607799 0192607790 9780191895401 0191895407

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