Frances Fox Piven
Autor de Poor People's Movements: Why They Succeed, How They Fail
Sobre El Autor
Frances Fox Piven, Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology at The Graduate Center, City University of New York, is an expert in the development of the welfare state, political movements, urban politics, voting, and electoral politics. She has taught at numerous universities in mostrar más the United States and Europe and is the author of many books, including the bestselling Poor People's Movements (with Richard Cloward). The recipient of numerous academic and public awards for her work, she lives in New York City. mostrar menos
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Obras de Frances Fox Piven
Who's Afraid of Frances Fox Piven?: The Essential Writings of the Professor Glenn Beck Loves to Hate (2011) 26 copias
Work, Welfare, and Politics: Confronting Poverty in the Wake of Welfare Reform (2005) — Editor — 10 copias
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Por cuatro duros : cómo (no) apañárselas en Estados Unidos (2001) — algunas ediciones — 10,871 copias
Audacious Democracy: Labor, Intellectuals, and the Social Reconstruction of America (1997) — Contribuidor — 33 copias
Marxism and the Metropolis: New Perspectives in Urban Political Economy [2nd ed.] (1984) — Contribuidor — 21 copias
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Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Piven, Frances Fox
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1932-10-10
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- USA (1953)
Canada (birth) - Lugar de nacimiento
- Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Lugares de residencia
- Jackson Heights, Queens, New York, USA
Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Educación
- University of Chicago (BA|City Planning|1953)
University of Chicago (MA|City Planning|1956)
University of Chicago (PhD|City Planning|1962) - Ocupaciones
- political scientist
professor - Relaciones
- Keller, Evelyn Fox (sibling)
Cloward, Richard A. (second husband) - Organizaciones
- Democratic Socialists of America
City University of New York
American Sociological Association - Premios y honores
- American Sociological Association Career Award for the Practice of Sociology (2000)
Charles McCoy Career Achievement Award of the Caucus for a New Political Science of the American Political Science Association (2004)
Mary Lepper Award of the Women's Caucus of the American Political Science Association (1998)
American Sociology Association Lifetime Achievement Award for Political Sociology
Tides Foundation Award for Excellence in Public Advocacy (1995)
Annual Award of the National Association of Secretaries of State (1994) (mostrar todos 10)
President's Award of the American Public Health Association (1993)
Lee/Founders Award of the Society for the Study of Social Problems
Eugene V. Debs Foundation Prize
C. Wright Mills Award - Biografía breve
- Frances Fox Piven was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, to Russian Jewish immigrant parents. The family moved to the USA when she was a baby and she became naturalized citizen. She was raised in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens, New York, and earned a BA degree in City Planning in 1953, an MA in 1956, and a PhD in 1962, all from the University of Chicago. She became a political scientist and sociologist and taught at Boston University and The Graduate Center, City University of New York, where she has been since 1982. She is internationally renowned for her contributions to social theory and for her social activism on behalf of the poor and working people. During her career, she has served on the boards of the ACLU and the Democratic Socialists of America, and has also held offices in several professional associations, including the American Political Science Association and the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Dr. Piven is the author or co-author of more than 200 articles published in academic journals, books, popular publications and journals since 1965, some of which have been republished numerous times. Her scholarship has been translated into many languages, and is noted for its boldness, analytical power, and clarity. Her books include Poor People's Movements: Why They Succeed, How They Fail (1977). She was married to her long-time collaborator Richard Cloward, a professor at Columbia University, until his death in 2001.
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