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A carregar... Who's Afraid of Frances Fox Piven?: The Essential Writings of the Professor Glenn Beck Loves to Hatepor Frances Fox Piven
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. I dropped it for now in large part because I am just a bit exhausted on political reading. I picked it up out of curiosity, since I know Glenn Beck had been harping on and on about the writings of this professor. The professor does work and advocates theories to empower poor people to stand up for their rights. It's that simple. She also argues, quite effectively, than when poor masses lack the power, legitimacy, mechanisms, so on to participate fully in the democratic process (usually because the elites have done their best to repress them), the only option left is to be disruptive. That is, in fairly simple terms, the essence of the book. The book is a collection of Fox Piven's writings from the 1960s to close to today. I dropped it because, as I mentioned, I am a bit exhausted with political writing. But some of the writing is pretty dense. This is a book where you can basically read an essay or two, maybe pick one of the older ones, then read one of the latter ones, and you basically get the gist of it. So, while I think reading some of her writings is worth it, a whole book may be a bit too much. ( ) sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
"The sociologist and political scientist Frances Fox Piven and her late husband Richard Cloward have been famously credited by Glenn Beck with devising the Cloward/Piven Strategy," a world view responsible, according to Beck, for everything from creating a culture of poverty" and fomenting violent revolution" to causing global warming and the recent financial crisis. Called an enemy of the people," over the past year Piven has been subjected to an unprecedented campaign of hatred and disinformation, spearheaded by Beck. How is it that a distinguished university professor, past president of the American Sociological Association, and recipient of numerous awards and accolades for her work on behalf of the poor and for American voting rights, has attracted so much negative attention? For anyone who is skeptical of the World According to Beck, here is a guide to the ideas that Glenn fears most. Who's Afraid of Frances Fox Piven? is a concise, accessible introduction to Piven's actual thinking (versus Beck's outrageous claims), from her early work on welfare rights and poor people's movements," written with her late husband Richard Cloward, through her influential examination of American voting habits, and her most recent work on the possibilities for a new movement for progressive reform. A major corrective to right-wing bombast, this essential book is also a rich source of ideas and inspiration for anyone interested in progressive change"--Provided by publisher. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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