Regulating the Poor
The Functions of Public Welfare
- Paperback
544 pages
- Release Date
4 January 1994
Summary
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 sys…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780679745167 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0679745165 |
| Author: | Frances Fox Piven, Richard Cloward |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 544 |
| Release Date: | 4 January 1994 |
| Weight: | 442g |
| Dimensions: | 29mm x 132mm x 203mm |
| Series: | Vintage |
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Critics Review
“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
Frances Fox Piven
Frances Fox Piven is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York.
Richard A. Cloward was a social worker and sociologist, and a faculty member at the Columbia University School of Social Work from 1954 until his death in 2001.
Together, Piven and Cloward co-authored:
- The Politics of Turmoil
- Poor People’s Movements
- The New Class War
- Why Americans Don’t Vote
They were recipients of the C. Wright Mills Award and various international and national awards.
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