Review: Regulating the Poor: The Functions of Public Welfare
User Review - GoodreadsReading this book should change the way in which you look upon the poor and upon welfare programs. If I were a social scientist and had written this, I would feel very satisfied. A classic.
Review: Regulating the Poor: The Functions of Public Welfare
User Review - Emily - GoodreadsConnects Britain's enclosure movement to the plantation ecomony of the US South and relevant to Off the Books. An essential read. "Compared to the more developed welfare states, [US relief] programs ... Read full review
Review: Regulating the Poor: The Functions of Public Welfare
User Review - GoodreadsRegulating the Poor is the second book by Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward that I've read. (The first was Poor People's Movements.) Both books have left me with a completely new vision of ...
Review: Regulating the Poor: The Functions of Public Welfare
User Review - Roger - GoodreadsTimeless. Given the current debate, no, hysteria, re immigration perhaps a sequel is (over) due. Read full review
Review: Regulating the Poor: The Functions of Public Welfare
User Review - Steven Peterson - GoodreadsThis book by Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward came out over three decades ago. And it is still powerful reading and powerful analysis. I would not expect everyone to agree with the authors ... Read full review
Review: Regulating the Poor: The Functions of Public Welfare
User Review - Caroline - GoodreadsI read this book at ten years ago, and I still go back to it for quotations. Read full review
Review: Regulating the Poor: The Functions of Public Welfare
User Review - John Cook - GoodreadsI read the original edition of this book in 1972, and it made a lasting impression. I recently learned of this revised edition and bought it immediately. Read full review
