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by Frances Fox Piven; Richard Cloward

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Piven and Cloward have updated their classic work on the history and function of welfare to cover the American welfare state's massive erosion during the Reagan, Bush, and Clinton years. The authors present a boldly comprehensive, brilliant new theory to explain the comparative underdevelopment of the U.S. welfare state among advanced industrial nations. Their conceptual framework promises to shape the debate within current and future administrations as they attempt to rethink the welfare system and its role in American society.

"Uncompromising and provocative. . . . By mixing history, political interpretation and sociological analysis, Piven and Cloward provide the best explanation to date of our present situation . . . no future discussion of welfare can afford to ignore them."
--Peter Steinfels, The New York Times Book Review

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  • Title Regulating the Poor: The Functions of Public Welfare
  • Author Frances Fox Piven; Richard Cloward
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 2 Upd Sub
  • Pages 544
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Vintage, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 1993-09-28
  • ISBN 9780679745167 / 0679745165
  • Weight 0.98 lbs (0.44 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.97 x 5.21 x 1.05 in (20.24 x 13.23 x 2.67 cm)
  • Category Politics / Current Events
  • Library of Congress subjects Public welfare - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 93017460
  • Dewey Decimal Code 361.973

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"Uncompromising and provocative....By mixing history, political interpretation and sociological analysis, Piven and Cloward provide the best explanation to date of our present situation...no future discussion of welfare can afford to ignore them."--Peter Steinfels, The New York Times Book Review

Citations

  • Publishers Weekly, 09/20/1993, Page 0

About the author

Frances Fox Piven is Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York.

Richard A. Cloward was a social worker and sociologist, and was a faculty member at the Columbia University School of Social Work from 1954 until his death in 2001.

They co-authored: The Politics of Turmoil, Poor People's Movements, The New Class War, and Why Americans Don't Vote. They won the C. Wright Mills Award and various international and national awards.

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