Sanford F Schram: 4 books

Book cover of After Welfare

After Welfare

The Culture of Postindustrial Social Policy

by Sanford F. Schram
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2000

Do contemporary welfare policies reflect the realities of the economy and the needs of those in need of public assistance, or are they based on outdated and idealized notions of work and family life? Are we are moving from a "war on poverty" to a "war against the poor?" In this...
Book cover of The Return of Ordinary Capitalism

The Return of Ordinary Capitalism

Neoliberalism, Precarity, Occupy

by Sanford F. Schram
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015

As Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward argued in the early seventies, in a capitalist economy, social welfare policies alternatingly serve political and economic ends as circumstances dictate. In moments of political stability, governments emphasize a capitalistic work ethic (even if it means working...
Book cover of Disciplining the Poor

Disciplining the Poor

Neoliberal Paternalism and the Persistent Power of Race

by Joe Soss, Richard C. Fording, Sanford F. Schram
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011

Disciplining the Poor explains the transformation of poverty governance over the past forty years—why it happened, how it works today, and how it affects people. In the process, it clarifies the central role of race in this transformation and develops a more precise account of how race shapes poverty...
Book cover of Praxis for the Poor

Praxis for the Poor

Piven and Cloward and the Future of Social Science in Social Welfare

by Sanford F. Schram
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2002

Praxis for the Poor puts the relationship of politics to scholarship front and center through an examination of the work of Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward. Piven and Cloward proved that social science could inform social-policy politics in ways that helped energize a movement. Praxis for the...
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