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Richard A. Cloward and Frances Fox Piven
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- Richard A. Cloward and Frances Fox Piven occupy an unusual place in American social welfare history, having been influential both as scholars and as activists. Cloward was a student of juvenile delinquency and a founder of Mobilization for Youth in 1962, which served as a model for the Great Society's Community Action Program. [Source: Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice; Cloward, Richard A., and Piven, Frances Fox (1926–2001 and 1932–)]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Richard_A._Cloward_and_Frances_Fox_Piven
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