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Richard Cloward

Richard A. Cloward was a social worker and sociologist, and was a faculty member at the Columbia University School of Social Work from 1954 until his death in 2001.

With France Fox Piven, he co-authored: The Politics of TurmoilPoor People's MovementsThe New Class War, and Why Americans Don't Vote. They won the C. Wright Mills Award and various international and national awards.
Regulating the Poor
Poor People's Movements

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Regulating the Poor
Poor People's Movements

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