PRAXIS for the Poor: Piven and Cloward and the Future of Social Science in Social Welfare

by Sanford F. Schram

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 Poor offers a critical reflection on their work and builds upon it, demonstrating how a more politically-engaged scholarship can contribute...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814798187
• ISBN13: 9780814798188
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 303 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.2"