Poor People's Movements: Why They Succeed, How They Fail
by Frances Fox Piven, Richard A. Cloward
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Have the poor fared best by participating in conventional electoral politics or by engaging in mass defiance and disruption? The authors of the classic Regulating The Poor assess the successes and failures of these two strategies as they examine, in this provocative study, four protest movements of lower-class groups in 20th century America: -- The mobilization of the unemployed during the Great Depression that gave rise to the Workers' Alliance of America -- The industrial strikes that show more resulted in the formation of the CIO -- The Southern Civil Rights Movement -- The movement of welfare recipients led by the National Welfare Rights Organization. show lessTags
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Frances Fox Piven, Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology at The Graduate Center, City University of New York, is an expert in the development of the welfare state, political movements, urban politics, voting, and electoral politics. She has taught at numerous universities in the United States and Europe and is the author of show more many books, including the bestselling Poor People's Movements (with Richard Cloward). The recipient of numerous academic and public awards for her work, she lives in New York City. show less
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- African-American Civil Rights Movement
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- Sociology, Nonfiction, Politics and Government, General Nonfiction, History
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- 322.4 — Social sciences Political science Relation of the state to organized groups and their members Political action groups
- LCC
- HD8076 .P55 — Social sciences Industries. Land use. Labor Industries. Land use. Labor Labor. Work. Working class By region or country
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