Poor People's Movements: Why They Succeed, How They Fail
Piven, Frances Fox; Cloward, Richard
Language: English
Published by Vintage, 1978
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- Title
- Poor People's Movements: Why They Succeed, How They Fail
- Author
- Piven, Frances Fox; Cloward, Richard
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Publication year
- 1978
- Condition
- Fair
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0394726979
- ISBN 13
- 9780394726977
- Item weight
- 0.89 pounds
-- The mobilization of the unemployed during the Great Depression that gave rise to the Workers' Alliance of America
-- The industrial strikes that resulted in the formation of the CIO
-- The Southern Civil Rights Movement
-- The movement of welfare recipients led by the National Welfare Rights Organization.
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About the Author
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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