Michael Schluter (economist)

Michael Schluter

Michael Schluter in 2012
Born

1947 (age 68–69)

Occupation Social entrepreneur
Children 3

Dr Michael Schluter CBE (born 1947), is an economist, author, speaker and social entrepreneur and holds a PhD in agricultural economics. He has founded many different organisations and led the “Keep Sunday Special Campaign” which was one of several factors which led to the defeat of the Shops Bill 1986 in its second reading.[1] He was appointed CBE by the Queen in the New Year Honours List 2009.[2]

Keep Sunday Special Campaign

In 1983 he established the Jubilee Centre[3] a Christian social reform think tank. In 1985, the Jubilee Centre brought together a coalition of retailers, trade unions and church-related organisations to fight Prime Minister Thatcher’s bill to deregulate Sunday trading. The “Keep Sunday Special Campaign” overturned a large government majority[4] In 1994 the government passed a bill which allows large shops to open for six hours on Sunday while small shops can open when they like; this remains the law to this day.[5] Schluter has continued to speak out against Sunday Trading,[6] arguing that a new law needs to be brought in to give everyone a shared day off [7] and to ensure parents are able to spend time with their children.[8]

Peace Work

He also initiated a peace process under the name Newick Park Initiative[9][10] (NPI) in South Africa, which held deliberately extremely low-profile conferences between 1987 and 1991 which eventually brought together the leaders of the African National Congress (ANC) and the white establishment to discuss key issues so as to ease the path to a political settlement.[11] The work in South Africa led to a peace initiative in Rwanda after the genocide there[12] and a peace process between North and South Sudan.[13]

Relational Thinking

Schluter has founded two organisations which research relationships, Relationships Foundation and Relational Research. Schluter has also written several books on the subject. Schluter has argued that modern society takes very little account of relationships[14] and has argued that the prevailing understanding of Capitalism in the West has "built within it a framework of thinking that says the growth of the capital is more important than relationships."[15] He has argued that instead,society should focus on the importance of relationships whether that is in education[16] or in companies.[17][18]

Books

References

  1. ↑ Moore, Charles (2015). Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume Two: Everything She Wants. London: Allen Lane. pp. 511–515. ISBN 978-0713992885.
  2. ↑ "Social Campaigner appointed CBE". BBC.
  3. ↑ "The History of the Jubilee centre".
  4. ↑ Regan, Paul (1988). "The 1986 Shops Bill". Parliamentary Affairs. 41 (2): 218–235.
  5. ↑ "Sunday Trading Legalised". BBC.
  6. ↑ Peston, Robert. "Robert Peston goes shopping". BBC. BBC. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  7. ↑ The Observer. "Ten Years that Shook the Tills". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  8. ↑ The Telegraph (7 November 2005). "Extension of Sunday shop hours 'will rob children of parents'". Telegraph. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  9. ↑ "Concordis 1987-1991". Concordis International.
  10. ↑ Esterhuyse, Willie (April 17, 2012), Endgame: Secret Talks and the End of Apartheid, Tafelberg, ISBN 978-0-6240-5427-6
  11. ↑ Ive, Jeremy. "History of the Newick Park Initiative". Jubilee Centre. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  12. ↑ "Newick Park Initiative: Policy priorities to achieve agricultural growth in Rwanda" (PDF). 1996.
  13. ↑ Hauss, C. , The Continuum International Publishing Group Inc, 2010. International Conflict Resolution
  14. ↑ Gittins, Ross. "Ruthless pursuit of profit at all cost is an excess that can't last". The Age. The Age. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  15. ↑ The Guardian. "Can Christian philosophy strengthen the quality of business relationships?". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  16. ↑ Gittins, Ross (1 April 2013). "Time ripe to re-think 'relationships'". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  17. ↑ ABC National Radio. "The Value of Relationships: Dr Michael Schluter". ABC Australia. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  18. ↑ Benjamin, Alison. "Leading Questions". The Guardian. The Guardian. Retrieved 16 December 2015.

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