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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schram, Sanford F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2002.
Temas:
Cloward, Richard A.
Piven, Frances Fox.
Piven, Frances Fox
Political socialization > United States.
Social justice > United States.
Poverty > Government policy > United States.
Public welfare > United States.
Socialisation politique > États-Unis.
Justice sociale > États-Unis.
Pauvreté > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Economic policy
Political socialization
Poverty > Government policy
Public welfare
Social justice
Social policy
United States > Economic policy.
United States > Social policy.
États-Unis > Politique économique.
États-Unis > Politique sociale.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 ofWelfare 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 ReformAppendix: Sources and Measures for Data in Chapter 5; Notes; Index; About the Author.

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