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Book SynopsisA compelling examination of the careers of Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven as well as Jane Addams demonstrates how politically-active scholarship can contribute to struggles for social justice.
Trade Review“This wonderfully lucid, well developed volume should perhaps have been called Suggested Praxis for the Poor, since, instead of describing the current state of welfare, the author argues for a revamped praxis that would rescue our failing programs….Highly recommended. * Library Journal *
Schram poses an important challenge for those who would like to restore to political science its sometime concern with power and inequality. * American Politics Book Review *
I recommend reading this book, and I applaud Schram’s many accomplishments while I share his long-term commitments. * American Journal of Sociology *
A significant achievement. This is a passionate critique that embodies the very politically-engaged scholarship for which it calls. -- Nancy Campbell,Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Praxis for the Poor offers a thought-provoking, even moving, challenge to progressive intellectuals. Engagingly written, it shines a bright light on issues of research, advocacy, and the doleful character of the country's system of social welfare. -- Ira Katznelson,Columbia University
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction I The Theory of Practice 1 What Accessibility Can't Do: The Politics of Welfare Scholarship 2 The Future of the Past: Jane Addams and the Social Work of Politics 3 Radical Incrementalism Personi?ed: The Piven and Cloward Legacy 4 Which Side Are You On? Rethinking Research and Advocacy in Social Welfare II The Practice of Theory 5 The Old Is New: The Racial Basis of Welfare Reform 6 Putting a Black Face on Welfare: The Good and the Bad7 Success Stories: Welfare Reform, Policy Discourse, and the Politics of Research, by Sanford F. Schram and Joe Soss 8 Compliant Subjects for a New World Order: Globalization and the Behavior Modi?cation Regime of Welfare ReformAppendix: Sources and Measures for Data in Chapter 5 Notes Index About the Author
