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Frances Fox Piven

Frances Fox Piven

professor, sociology & political science, CUNY
Frances Fox Piven is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Political Science at the City University of New York Graduate Center. Her scholarship and activism have centered on social movements, electoral politics, and welfare policy.  [more]
Image of Challenging Authority: How Ordinary People Change America (Polemics)
Author: Frances Fox Piven
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. (2008)
Binding: Paperback, 200 pages
Image of Regulating the Poor: The Functions of Public Welfare
Author: Richard Cloward, Frances Fox Piven
Publisher: Vintage (1993)
Binding: Paperback, 544 pages
Image of Poor People's Movements: Why They Succeed, How They Fail
Author: Richard Cloward, Frances Fox Piven
Publisher: Vintage (1978)
Binding: Paperback, 408 pages
Image of Why Americans Still Don't Vote: And Why Politicians Want It That Way
Author: Frances Fox Piven
Publisher: Beacon Press (2000)
Binding: Paperback, 360 pages