Frances Fox Piven - Bibliography

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Keeping Down the Black Vote: The Politics of Election Administration in America

Frances Fox Piven

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Why Americans Still Don't Vote: And Why Politicians Want It That Way

Frances Fox Piven; Richard A. Cloward

In a revised study of twentieth-century American voter registration and elections, the authors of Regulating the Poor looks at the history of U.S. elections, explains how barriers are put up to discourage the poor from voting, and discusses the possibility of reform. Original.

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The Breaking of the American Social Compact

Frances Fox Piven

The Breaking of the American Social Compact is a landmark volume from two of our most perceptive social critics. Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward address the tumultuous politics of the past three decades that have culminated in an all-out assault on the American social compact. Delving into the political dynamics behind the rise of the working class in the 1930s and 1960s, Piven and Cloward assign singular importance to disruptive protest and examine the ways protest has dwindled since the 1960s and how many reforms gained then have been swept away. They cover the dramatic changes of recent years, from the breakup of the traditional Democratic Party, to the new power struggles between blacks and whites in northern cities, to the increasing demonization of immigrants and the poor everywhere. Finally, they examine the politics underlying governmental "reform," arguing that the recent devolution of federal authority is simply a strategy to increase the influence of business.

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Other editions: Hardcover - 1997

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Regulating the Poor: The Functions of Public Welfare

Frances Fox Piven; Richard A. Cloward

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Other editions: Hardcover - 1971

Why Americans Don't Vote

Frances Fox Piven; Richard A. Cloward

Updated with a post-election preface by the authors. A masterful examination of American voting patterns and the American political system in the 20th Century.

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Other editions: Softcover - 1988, 1988

The Mean Season: The Attack on the Welfare State

Frances Fox Piven; Fred L. Block; Richard A. Cloward; B. Ehrenreich

Four leading social thinkers analyze Reagan's war on the poor and on the welfare state to reveal its true beneficiaries and its true target.

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Other editions: Hardcover - 1987

The New Class War: Reagan's Attack on the Welfare State and Its Consequences

Frances Fox Piven; Richard A. Cloward

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Poor People's Movements: Why They Succeed, How They Fail

Frances Fox Piven

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.

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Other editions: 1977

The Politics of Turmoil: Essays on Poverty, Race, and the Urban Crisis

Frances Fox Piven; Richard A. Cloward

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Other editions: 1974