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Cloward-Piven strategy

Cloward-Piven strategy proper noun: the proposed strategy of using militant antipoverty groups to cause a political crisis by overloading the welfare system with an enormous number of claims, forcing the creation of a system of guaranteed minimum income.

Proper noun

the Cloward-Piven strategy

  1. The proposed strategy of using militant antipoverty groups to cause a political crisis by overloading the welfare system with an enormous number of claims, forcing the creation of a system of guaranteed minimum income.

Origin of Cloward-Piven strategy

Introduced in 1966 by American activists Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven.

Questions about Cloward-Piven strategy

What does Cloward-Piven strategy mean?
Cloward-Piven strategy means the proposed strategy of using militant antipoverty groups to cause a political crisis by overloading the welfare system with an enormous number of claims, forcing the creation of a system of guaranteed minimum income.
What part of speech is Cloward-Piven strategy?
Cloward-Piven strategy is a proper noun.

Words near Cloward-Piven strategy in the dictionary

  1. Clovis point
  2. Clovis points
  3. clovoxamine
  4. Clow
  5. Cloward
  6. Cloward-Piven strategy
  7. Clowards
  8. clowd
  9. clowded
  10. clowder
  11. clowders

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