The only way to change American society, and indeed I think this is true of other societies as well, is for people to discover the power latent in the cooperative roles that they play in a range of institutions. — Frances Fox Piven Copy Share Image
I propose that there is another kind of power based not on resources, things, or attributes, but rooted in the social and cooperative relations in which people are enmeshed by virtue of group life. — Frances Fox Piven Copy Share Image
The only way to change American society, and indeed I think this is true of other societies as well, is for people to discover… — Frances Fox Piven Copy Share Image
I think that the question of how power can be exerted from the lower reaches has never been more important. It will ultimately determine… — Frances Fox Piven Copy Share Image
I remember my father explaining, "A capitalist system is a dog-eat-dog system." — Frances Fox Piven Copy Share Image
I propose that there is another kind of power based not on resources, things, or attributes, but rooted in the social and cooperative relations… — Frances Fox Piven Copy Share Image
There's nothing wrong with changing your mind if you think something's right at a certain moment. — Frances Fox Piven Copy Share Image
I believe in the necessity for struggle by people at the bottom of any society. — Frances Fox Piven Copy Share Image
I believe that the only way to change American society, and indeed I think this is true of other societies as well, is for… — Frances Fox Piven Copy Share Image
Indeed, in US politics, 'poverty', along with 'welfare', 'unwed mothers' and 'crime', became code words for blacks. — Frances Fox Piven Copy Share Image
I had no intention of becoming an academic. How could a person who was having trouble reading become an academic? — Frances Fox Piven Copy Share Image
I think that we're at an alarming moment in American political development and maybe in world political development, because the United States is so… — Frances Fox Piven Copy Share Image
