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Poor People's Movements : Why They Succeed, How They Fail
Poor People's Movements Why They Succeed How They Fail
Author: Frances Fox Piven, Richard Cloward
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: — ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780394726977
ISBN-10: 0394726979
Publication Date: 12/12/1978
Pages: 408
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Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
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