Join us for a conversation on the contemporary relevance of
Regulating the Poor
with
Frances Fox Piven
Distinguished Professor of Political Science
The CUNY Graduate Center
December 2, 2011 | 2-4pm
The Center for Place, Culture and Politics | Room 6107
The CUNY Graduate Center
365 5th Avenue, NYC
This conversation will be the first in a series bringing together scholars, graduate students and activists to talk about their work on poverty and the contemporary welfare state. The format is intended to be a discussion, so please come and be part of the conversation. For more information on the series, check out http://opencuny.org/welfarestudies/
Readings: Regulating the Poor: The Functions of Public Welfare, Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward, Pantheon Books, 1971.
Introduction, Disciplining the Poor: Neoliberal Paternalism and the Persistent Power of Race, Joe Soss, Richard Fording and Sanford Schram. University of Chicago Press, 2011
For access to the readings, please email Maggie Dickinson at Maggie.dickinson@gmail.com
Free and open to the public.