Can power from below change the world?

American Sociological Review

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-14

  Piven, Frances Fox ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 51249131276     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240807300101     Document Type: Editorial

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