Frances Fox Piven, the Glossary

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1. 53 relations: American Civil Liberties Union, American Political Science Association, American Public Health Association, American Sociological Association, Bachelor of Arts, Boston University, Bronislaw Malinowski Award, C. Wright Mills, Calgary, Citizenship of the United States, City University of New York, Cloward–Piven strategy, CUNY Graduate Center, Democracy, Democratic Socialists of America, Department of motor vehicles, Doctor of Philosophy, Edward C. Banfield, Eugene V. Debs, Five College Consortium, Free to Choose, George W. Bush, Guaranteed minimum income, Howard Zinn, Immanuel Ness, Jackson Heights, Queens, Jane McAlevey, John Silber, List of historical acts of tax resistance, Logos (journal), Master of Arts, Milton Friedman, Murray Levin, National Association of Secretaries of State, National Voter Registration Act of 1993, Naturalization, Newtown High School (Queens), Political science, Poor People's Movements, Richard Cloward, Smith College, Society for the Study of Social Problems, Sociology, Sophia Smith Collection, The Boston Globe, The Nation, Thomas Sowell, Tides Foundation, United States, University of Chicago, ... Expand index (3 more) »

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American Civil Liberties Union

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is an American nonprofit human rights organization founded in 1920.

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American Political Science Association

The American Political Science Association (APSA) is a professional association of political science students and scholars in the United States.

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American Public Health Association

The American Public Health Association (APHA) is a Washington, D.C.-based professional membership and advocacy organization for public health professionals in the United States.

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American Sociological Association

The American Sociological Association (ASA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the discipline and profession of sociology.

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Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin baccalaureus artium, baccalaureus in artibus, or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines.

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Boston University

Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Bronislaw Malinowski Award

The Bronislaw Malinowski Award is an award given by the US-based Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) in honor of Bronisław Malinowski (1884–1942), an original member and strong supporter of the Society.

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C. Wright Mills

Charles Wright Mills (August 28, 1916 – March 20, 1962) was an American sociologist, and a professor of sociology at Columbia University from 1946 until his death in 1962.

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Calgary

Calgary is the largest city in the Canadian province of Alberta.

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Citizenship of the United States

Citizenship of the United States is a legal status that entails Americans with specific rights, duties, protections, and benefits in the United States.

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City University of New York

The City University of New York (CUNY, spoken) is the public university system of New York City.

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Cloward–Piven strategy

The Cloward–Piven strategy is a political strategy outlined in 1966 by American sociologists and political activists Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven.

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CUNY Graduate Center

The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York (CUNY Graduate Center) is a public research institution and postgraduate university in New York City.

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Democracy

Democracy (from dēmokratía, dēmos 'people' and kratos 'rule') is a system of government in which state power is vested in the people or the general population of a state.

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The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is a broad tent, democratic socialist political organization in the United States.

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Department of motor vehicles

A department of motor vehicles (DMV) is a government agency that administers motor vehicle registration and driver licensing.

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Doctor of Philosophy

A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or DPhil; philosophiae doctor or) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research.

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Edward C. Banfield

Edward Christie Banfield (November 19, 1916 – September 30, 1999) was an American political scientist, best known as the author of The Moral Basis of a Backward Society (1958), and The Unheavenly City (1970).

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Eugene V. Debs

Eugene Victor Debs (November 5, 1855 – October 20, 1926) was an American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and five-time candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States.

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Five College Consortium

The Five College Consortium (often referred to as simply the Five Colleges) comprises four liberal arts colleges and one university in the Connecticut River Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts: Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, totaling approximately 38,000 students.

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Free to Choose

Free to Choose: A Personal Statement is a 1980 book by economists Milton and Rose D. Friedman, accompanied by a ten-part series broadcast on public television, that advocates free market principles.

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George W. Bush

George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009.

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Guaranteed minimum income

Guaranteed minimum income (GMI), also called minimum income (or mincome for short), is a social-welfare system that guarantees all citizens or families an income sufficient to live on, provided that certain eligibility conditions are met, typically: citizenship and that the person in question does not already receive a minimum level of income to live on.

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Howard Zinn

Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922January 27, 2010) was an American historian, playwright, philosopher, socialist intellectual and World War II veteran. Frances Fox Piven and Howard Zinn are American tax resisters, Jewish American social scientists and Jewish socialists.

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Immanuel Ness

Immanuel Ness (born June 17, 1958) is an American academic, and Professor of Political Science at the City University of New York (CUNY), Brooklyn, School of Humanities and Social Sciences.

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Jackson Heights, Queens

Jackson Heights is a neighborhood in the northwestern part of the borough of Queens in New York City.

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Jane McAlevey

Jane F. McAlevey (October 12, 1964 – July 7, 2024) was an American union organizer, author, and political commentator. Frances Fox Piven and Jane McAlevey are Writers about activism and social change.

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John Silber

John Robert Silber (August 15, 1926 – September 27, 2012) was an American academician and candidate for public office.

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List of historical acts of tax resistance

Tax resistance, the practice of refusing to pay taxes that are considered unjust, has probably existed ever since rulers began imposing taxes on their subjects.

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Logos (journal)

Logos: A Journal of Modern Society and Culture is an American academic journal established in 2002 and edited by Michael J. Thompson.

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Master of Arts

A Master of Arts (Magister Artium or Artium Magister; abbreviated MA or AM) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries.

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Milton Friedman

Milton Friedman (July 31, 1912 – November 16, 2006) was an American economist and statistician who received the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his research on consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and the complexity of stabilization policy.

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Murray Levin

Murray Burton Levin (1927–1999) was a political science professor at Boston University from 1955 through his retirement in 1989. Frances Fox Piven and Murray Levin are Jewish socialists.

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National Association of Secretaries of State

The National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS), founded in 1904, is the oldest non-partisan professional organization of public officials in the United States, composed of the secretaries of state of U.S. states and territories.

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National Voter Registration Act of 1993

The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA), also known as the Motor Voter Act, is a United States federal law signed into law by President Bill Clinton on May 20, 1993, that came into effect on January 1, 1995.

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Naturalization

Naturalization (or naturalisation) is the legal act or process by which a non-national of a country acquires the nationality of that country after birth.

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Newtown High School (Queens)

Newtown High School is a high school in Elmhurst, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens.

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Political science

Political science is the scientific study of politics.

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Poor People's Movements

Poor People's Movements: Why They Succeed, How They Fail (1977; second edition 1979) is a book about social movements by the American academics and political activists Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward.

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Richard Cloward

Richard Andrew Cloward (December 25, 1926 – August 20, 2001) was an American sociologist and activist.

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Smith College

Smith College is a private liberal arts women's college in Northampton, Massachusetts.

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The Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) is an organization founded in 1951 in counterpoint to the American Sociological Association.

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Sociology

Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life.

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Sophia Smith Collection

The Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College is an internationally recognized repository of manuscripts, photographs, periodicals and other primary sources in women's history.

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The Boston Globe

The Boston Globe, also known locally as the Globe, is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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The Nation

The Nation is a progressive American monthly magazine that covers political and cultural news, opinion, and analysis.

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Thomas Sowell

Thomas Sowell (born June 30, 1930) is an American economist, social philosopher, and political commentator.

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Tides Foundation

Tides Foundation is a left-leaning donor advised fund based in the United States.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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University of Chicago

The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois.

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Urban planning

Urban planning, also known as town planning, city planning, regional planning, or rural planning in specific contexts, is a technical and political process that is focused on the development and design of land use and the built environment, including air, water, and the infrastructure passing into and out of urban areas, such as transportation, communications, and distribution networks, and their accessibility.

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War on poverty

The war on poverty is the unofficial name for legislation first introduced by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson during his State of the Union Address on January 8, 1964.

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1979 Boston University strike

The 1979 Boston University strike was a labor strike involving employees at Boston University, a private university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

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See also

CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies faculty

• Deepak Bhargava
• Frances Fox Piven
• John Mollenkopf
• Joshua Freeman
• Juan Battle
• Mimi Abramovitz
• Rosalyn Baxandall
• Ruth Milkman
• Stanley Aronowitz

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Fox_Piven

Also known as Frances Piven, Francis Fox Piven.

, Urban planning, War on poverty, 1979 Boston University strike.