Regulating the poor; the functions of public welfare [by] Frances Fox Piven and Richard A. Cloward.

Main entry:

Piven, Frances Fox.

Title & Author:

Regulating the poor; the functions of public welfare [by] Frances Fox Piven and Richard A. Cloward.

Publication:

Description:

xvii, 389 pages 19 cm

Series:

Vintage book ; V-743

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Relief, labor, and civil disorder: an overview -- Economic collapse, mass unemployment, and the rise of disorder -- New Deal and relief -- Enforcing low-wage work: statutory methods -- Enforcing low-wage work: administrative methods -- Welfare explosion of the 1960's -- Agricultural modernization and mass unemployment -- Migration and the rise of disorder in the cities -- Great Society and relief: federal intervention -- Great Society and relief: local consequences.

Summary:

Mixes history, political interpretation and sociological analysis. Thesis is that welfare rolls are raised to reduce unrest among the poor.

Resources:
Donor bookplate

ISBN:

0394717430 :
9780394717432

Subject:

Public welfare United States.
Public welfare.
Verzorgingsstaat.
Armen (personen)
United States.

Added entries:

Cloward, Richard A., author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 269267
Call No.: BIB 201408
Status: Available

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