Frances Fox Piven

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Frances Fox Piven (born October 10, 1932) is an American professor of political science and sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where she has taught since 1982. Piven is known for her contributions to social theory and for her activism. An advocate of the War on Poverty and subsequent welfare-rights protests, both in New York City and on the national stage, she was instrumental in formulating the theoretical underpinnings of the welfare rights movement. Over the course of her career, she has served on the boards of the ACLU and the Democratic Socialists of America, and has also held offices in several professional associations, including the American Political Science Association and the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Previously, Piven was a member of the political science faculty at Boston University. According to the American Political Science Association, Piven is among the top 100 most cited political scientists in the discipline of political...

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