Poor People's Movements
Why They Succeed, How They Fail
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · December 12, 1978
Have the poor fared best by participating in conventional electoral politics or by engaging in mass defiance and disruption?
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- Who it’s for
- A sharp comparison of protest and electoral politics asks how poor people win—and why movements falter.
- Themes
- Poor people’s movements, 20th-century American protest, Electoral politics and mass defiance
- Genres
- Activism & Social Justice, Poverty & Homelessness, Civil Rights
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Have the poor fared best by participating in conventional electoral politics or by engaging in mass defiance and disruption?
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The authors of the classic Regulating The Poor assess the successes and failures of these two strategies as they examine, in this provocative study, four protest movements of lower-class groups in 20th century America: -- The mobilization of the unemployed during the Great Depression that gave rise to the Workers' Alliance of America -- The industrial strikes that resulted in the formation of the CIO -- The Southern Civil Rights Movement -- The movement of welfare recipients led by the National Welfare Rights Organization.
Protest and Power
A sharp comparison of protest and electoral politics asks how poor people win—and why movements falter.
Come here for
- Four landmark U.S. movements, from labor organizing to welfare rights
- Questions about disruption, elections, and political power
Expect
- A comparative look at successes and failures
- A layered read in American protest history
Where it sits
| Activism & Social Justice | 58% |
|---|---|
| Poverty & Homelessness | 47% |
| Civil Rights | 46% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Social History
- Civil Rights
- Social Theory
- Authors
- Frances Fox Piven, Richard Cloward
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- December 12, 1978
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Poor people’s movements · 20th-century American protest · Electoral politics and mass defiance
- Reading lane
- Social History