Michael Young

Michael Young is Director of the Institute of Community Studies, President of the Consumer's Association, and of the National Extension College, and Chairman of both the International Extension College and the Open College of the Arts.  His publications include The Rise of the Meritocracy, Innovation and Research in Education, and The Metronomic Society: Natural Rhythms and Human Timetables.
 
Both Michael Young and Peter Willmott were founder members of the Institute of Community Studies and have also written jointly Family and Class in a London Suburb and The Symmetrical Family.