Institute for Community Studies

Origins in the work of Michael Young The original Institute was founded in 1953'' As an economist for the Labour Party, Young wrote the Labour Party manifesto "Let Us Face the Future" for the July 1945 general election that swept Labour into power. The manifesto was key to the electoral victory and to the subsequent establishment of the welfare state of post-war Britain. The study identified several social consequences of relocation, as highlighted in the Institute's publication. and abroad. The Institute created a series of educational television programs called "Dawn University" that aired on Anglia Television. This program would become the prototype for the highly innovative Open University, launched in 1964. The Institute for Community Studies at The Young Center inaugurated its relaunch with a study begun in 2019 and completed and published during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom entitled "Safety in Numbers?" == Notable publications by the Institute of Community Studies ==

• The Family Life of Old People: An inquiry in East London (Peter Townsend, 1957). • Widows and their Families (Peter Marris, 1958). • Family and Class in a London Suburb (Peter Willmott and Michael Young, 1960). • Family and Social Change in an African City: A study of rehousing in Lagos (Peter Marris, 1961). • Education and the Working Class (Brian Jackson, Dennis Marsden, 1962). • Living with Mental Illness: A study in East London (Enid Mills, 1962). • The Evolution of a Community: A Study of Dagenham after forty years (Peter Willmott, 1963). • Human Relations and Hospital Care (Ann Cartwright, 1964). • Innovation and Research in Education (Michael Young, 1965). • Adolescent Boys of East London (Peter Willmott, 1966). • Working Class Community (Brian Jackson, 1968). • The Symmetrical Family: A study of work and leisure in the London Region (Michael Young and Peter Willmott, 1973). == Notes ==