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===Writings===
Some of Piven's major works include<ref>http://leftforum.org/node/21</ref> ''Regulating the Poor'' written with Richard_Cloward|Richard Cloward]], first published in 1972 and updated in 1993, which is a scrutiny of government welfare policy and how it is used to exert power over lower class individuals<ref>http://kensprogress.com/regulatingthepoordebate.htm</ref>; ''Poor Peoples' Movements'', published in 1977, an analysis of how rebellious social movements can induce important reforms<ref>http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9780394726977-6</ref>; ''Why Americans Don't Vote'', published in 1988 and a follow up book ''Why Americans Still Don't Vote'' published in 2000, each of which look at the role of current American electoral practices which tend to discourage the poor working class from exercising their right to vote<ref>http://www.beacon.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=1361</ref>; ''The War at Home'' published in 2004, a critical examination of the domestic results of the wars initiated by the ] administration<ref>http://gritsandroses.org/2011/02/06/francis-fox-piven-and-the-war-at-home/</ref>; ''Challenging Authority: How Ordinary People Change America'', a look at the interaction of disruptive social movements and electoral politics in generating the political force for ] reform in American history<ref>http://pdfcast.org/paid/9780742563162</ref>.


==Honors and awards== ==Honors and awards==

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Frances Fox Piven
Born1932
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
CitizenshipUSA
Alma materUniversity of Chicago (B.A., M.A., Ph.D.)
Spouse(s)Herman Piven (divorced)
Richard Cloward (until his death, 2001)
Scientific career
FieldsPolitical science, Sociology
InstitutionsBoston University, City University of New York

Frances Fox Piven (born 1932) is an American professor of political science and sociology at The Graduate Center, City University of New York, where she has taught since 1982.

Life and education

Piven was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, of Russian immigrants. Piven immigrated to the United States when she was one and was naturalized as a United States Citizen in 1953. She received a B.A. in City Planning in 1953, an M.A. in 1956, and a Ph.D. in 1962, all from the University of Chicago.

Career

Piven was married to her long-time collaborator Richard Cloward until his death in 2001. Together with Cloward, she wrote an article in the May 1966 issue of The Nation titled "The Weight of the Poor: A Strategy to End Poverty" advocating increased enrollment in social welfare programs in order to collapse that system and force reforms, leading to a guaranteed annual income. This political strategy has been referred to as the "Cloward–Piven strategy". During 2006/07 Piven served as the President of the American Sociological Association.

Activism and legislation

Throughout her career, Piven has combined academic work with political action. In 1968, she signed the “Writers and Editors War Tax Protest” pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War. In 1983 she co-founded Human SERVE (Service Employees Registration and Voter Education), an organization with the goal of increasing voter registration by linking voter registration offerings with the use of social services or state Departments of Motor Vehicles. Human SERVE's initiative was incorporated by the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, colloquially known as the "Motor Voter Bill".

She is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America and serves as honorary chair of that organization.

Writings

Some of Piven's major works include Regulating the Poor written with Richard_Cloward|Richard Cloward]], first published in 1972 and updated in 1993, which is a scrutiny of government welfare policy and how it is used to exert power over lower class individuals; Poor Peoples' Movements, published in 1977, an analysis of how rebellious social movements can induce important reforms; Why Americans Don't Vote, published in 1988 and a follow up book Why Americans Still Don't Vote published in 2000, each of which look at the role of current American electoral practices which tend to discourage the poor working class from exercising their right to vote; The War at Home published in 2004, a critical examination of the domestic results of the wars initiated by the Bush administration; Challenging Authority: How Ordinary People Change America, a look at the interaction of disruptive social movements and electoral politics in generating the political force for democratic reform in American history.

Honors and awards

Bibliography

  • Labor Parties in Postindustrial Societies (Oxford University Press, 1992, ISBN 978-0-19-520927-3)
  • The War at Home: The Domestic Costs of Bush's Militarism (New Press, 2004, ISBN 978-1-59558-092-4)
  • Challenging Authority: How Ordinary People Change America (Rowman and Littlefield, 2006, ISBN 978-0-7425-6316-2)
With Richard Cloward
  • Regulating the Poor: The Functions of Public Welfare (Pantheon, 1971, 2nd ed: Vintage, 1993, ISBN 978-0-679-74516-7)
  • Poor People's Movements: Why they Succeed, How they Fail (Pantheon, 1977, ISBN 978-0-394-72697-7)
  • New Class War: Reagan's Attack on the Welfare State and Its Consequences (Pantheon, 1982, ISBN 978-0-394-70647-4)
  • Why Americans Don't Vote (Pantheon, 1988, ISBN 978-0-394-55396-2)
  • The Breaking of the American Social Compact (New Press, 1997, ISBN 978-1-56584-476-6)
  • Why Americans Still Don't Vote: And Why Politicians Want it That Way (Beacon, 2000, ISBN 978-0-8070-0449-4)
With Lee Staples and Richard Cloward
  • Roots to Power: A Manual for Grassroots Organizing (Praeger, 1984, ISBN 978-0-275-91800-2)
With Lorraine Minnite and Margaret Groarke
  • Keeping Down the Black Vote: Race and the Demobilization of American Voters (New Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-59558-354-3)

The Frances Fox Piven Papers are held by Smith College.

References

  1. ^ Frances Fox Piven Papers - Biographical Note, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Five Colleges Archives & Manuscript Collections
  2. Ehrenreich, Barbara (November 2006). "ASA Presidents - Frances Fox Piven". ASA Footnotes. Retrieved January 24, 2011. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. Cloward, Richard (May 2, 1966). "The Weight of the Poor: A Strategy to End Poverty". The Nation. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  4. Reisch, Michael (2001). The Road Not Taken. Brunner Routledge. ISBN 1-58391-025-5. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthor= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  5. Rogin, Richard (September 27, 1970). "Now It's Welfare Lib". The New York Times. p. SM16. The Cloward-Piven Strategy, as it became known, had a simple radical appeal. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. American Sociological Association - Results of 2005 ASA Election
  7. McCain, Nina (May 20, 1979). "BU's Piven No Cloistered Academic". The Boston Globe. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
  8. “Writers and Editors War Tax Protest” January 30, 1968 New York Post
  9. Democratic Socialists of America - Constitution and By-laws
  10. Democratic Socialists of America - Our Structure
  11. http://leftforum.org/node/21
  12. http://kensprogress.com/regulatingthepoordebate.htm
  13. http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9780394726977-6
  14. http://www.beacon.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=1361
  15. http://gritsandroses.org/2011/02/06/francis-fox-piven-and-the-war-at-home/
  16. http://pdfcast.org/paid/9780742563162
  17. CUNY Faculty Home Page and Bio

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