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The New Class War, by Frances Fox Piven and Richard A. Cloward

- Abstract

Early in 1981, it seems, the Reagan administration began a war. It was not an old-fashioned shooting war, but rather one of economics, and the adversary was not a foreign power but the American poor.



About the Author

Leslie Lenkowsky is professor of public affairs and philanthropic studies at Indiana University.