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Praxis for the Poor : Piven and Cloward and the Future of Social Science in Social Welfare /
Praxis for the Poor puts the relationship of politics to scholarship front and center through an examination of the work of Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward. Piven and Cloward proved that social science could inform social-policy politics in ways that helped energize a movement. Praxis for the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
New York University Press,
[2002]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I The Theory of Practice
- 1 What Accessibility Can't Do: The Politics of Welfare Scholarship
- 2 The Future of the Past: Jane Addams and the Social Work of Politics
- 3 Radical Incrementalism Personified: The Piven and Cloward Legacy
- 4 Which Side Are You On? Rethinking Research and Advocacy in Social Welfare
- Part II The Practice of Theory
- 5 The Old Is New: The Racial Basis of Welfare Reform
- 6 Putting a Black Face on Welfare: The Good and the Bad
- 7 Success Stories:Welfare Reform, Policy Discourse, and the Politics of Research
- 8 Compliant Subjects for a New World Order: Globalization and the Behavior Modification Regime of Welfare Reform
- Appendix: Sources and Measures for Data in Chapter 5
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author