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  <title><![CDATA[Regulating the Poor: The Functions of Public Welfare]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Frances Fox Piven]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book by Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward came out over three decades ago. And it is still powerful reading and powerful analysis. I would not expect everyone to agree with the authors' contentions, but once having read this book, you will be challenged in your understanding of welfare poli...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71343497">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I haven't read this in a looong time but it is an essential text in the field of sociology. It first came out in 1971 and the second edition was early 1990s. It explains pretty clearly the necessity of a welfare system and also some of the problems with various welfare plans.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read the original edition of this book in 1972, and it made a lasting impression. I recently learned of this revised edition and bought it immediately.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[While a lot of this seems obvious to me now, I remember it being quite a revelatory book for me when I first read it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book at ten years ago, and I still go back to it for quotations. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mr. Wildchild recommended this to me when we first met, i'll get to it some day ;)]]></body>
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