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33
Citations
15379
World Ranking
871
National Ranking
461

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Joseph B. Gittler Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems City University of New York
  • 2003 - Public Understanding of Sociology Award, American Sociological Association
  • 2000 - Distinguished Career Award for the Practice of Sociology, American Sociological Association
  • 1973 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1971 - C. Wright Mills Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems

Overview

Frances Fox Piven is affiliated with the City University of New York in the United States and specializes in the social sciences with a focus on sociology and political science. Their research spans areas within political science and international relations, with key topics covering race, history, and American society; populism and right-wing movements; as well as political economy and Marxism.

Throughout their career, Piven has contributed to scholarly discourse through publications in notable venues such as Antipode. One recent paper published in 2020 is titled We Need a Loud and Fractious Poor, appearing in Antipode. This work was co-authored with Jeff Maskovsky, who is among Piven's frequent collaborators.

  • We Need a Loud and Fractious Poor (2020, Antipode)

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Jeff Maskovsky

Publication venues where Frances Fox Piven has contributed include:

  • Antipode

Their research emphasis lies in investigating social structures and political dynamics, especially concerning marginalized populations and social movements. The main fields represented in their work involve the intersection of social sciences with political theory and sociological studies.

Piven has been recognized with several awards throughout their career. These include the Joseph B. Gittler Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems in 2011, the Public Understanding of Sociology Award from the American Sociological Association in 2003, and the Distinguished Career Award for the Practice of Sociology from the American Sociological Association in 2000.

Earlier honors include fellowship status with the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1973 and the C. Wright Mills Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems in 1971.

Best Publications

  • Regulating the Poor: The Functions of Public Welfare

    Frances Fox Piven;Richard A. Cloward

  • Poor People's Movements: Why They Succeed, How they Fail

    Clarke A. Chambers;Frances Fox Piven;Richard A. Cloward

  • Why Americans Don't Vote

    Frances Fox Piven;Richard A. Cloward

  • Poor people's movements

    Frances Fox Piven

  • The new class war: Reagan's attack on the welfare state and its consequences

    Frances Fox Piven;Richard A. Cloward

  • Regulating the Poor.

    William A. Muraskin;Frances Fox Piven;Richard A. Cloward

  • The Politics of Social Policy in the United States

    Margaret Weir;Ann Shola Orloff;Theda Skocpol

  • Why Americans Still Don't Vote: And Why Politicians Want It That Way

    Frances Fox Piven;Richard A. Cloward

  • Women, the State, and Welfare

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  • The breaking of the American social compact

    Frances Fox Piven;Richard A. Cloward

  • Political conflict, urban structure, and the fiscal crisis1

    Roger Friedland;Frances Fox Piven;Robert R. Alford

  • Regulating the Poor: The Functions of Public Welfare.

    Michael Betz;Frances Fox Piven;Richard A. Cloward

  • The new class war

    Frances Fox Piven

  • Hidden Protest: The Channeling of Female Innovation and Resistance.

    Richard A. Cloward;Frances Fox Piven

  • Collective Protest: A Critique of Resource Mobilization Theory

    Frances Fox Piven;Richard A. Cloward

  • The mean season : the attack on the welfare state

    Fred L. Block

  • Can Power from Below Change the World

    Frances Fox Piven

  • Keeping Down the Black Vote: Race and the Demobilization of American Voters

    Frances Fox Piven;Lorraine Carol Minnite;Margaret Groarke

  • Power Repertoires and Globalization

    Frances Fox Piven;Richard A. Cloward

  • The politics of turmoil

    Gordon Welty;Richard A. Cloward;Frances Fox Piven

  • Labor parties in postindustrial societies

    Frances Fox Piven

  • Disruption and organization

    Richard A. Cloward;Frances Fox Piven

  • Neoliberalism and the welfare state: Plenary Lecture, UK Social Policy Association Annual Conference, 8th July 2014

    Frances Fox Piven

  • How East New York became a ghetto

    Walter Thabit;Frances Fox Piven

  • DEVIANT BEHAVIOR AND THE REMAKING OF THE WORLD

    Frances Fox Piven

  • Why Americans Don't Vote.

    Nelson W. Polsby;Frances Fox Piven;Richard A. Cloward

Frequent Co-Authors

Fred Block
Fred Block University of California, Davis
J. Craig Jenkins
J. Craig Jenkins The Ohio State University
Robert N. Bellah
Robert N. Bellah University of California, Berkeley
Theda Skocpol
Theda Skocpol Harvard University
Adam Przeworski
Adam Przeworski New York University
Jonas Pontusson
Jonas Pontusson University of Geneva

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