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WHY AMERICANS DON'T VOTE Paperback – March 11, 1989

by Frances Fox Piven (Author)
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Looks at the history of U.S. elections, explains how barriers are put up to discourage the poor from voting, and discusses the possibility to reform
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  1. Language
    English
  2. Publisher
    Pantheon
  3. Publication date
    March 11, 1989
  4. Dimensions
    5.5 x 1.25 x 8.25 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    0679723188
  6. ISBN-13
    978-0679723189
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Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pantheon; Reprint edition (March 11, 1989)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0679723188
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0679723189
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1.25 x 8.25 inches

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Frances Fox Piven

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Frances Fox Piven is Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology

at The Graduate Center, CUNY, and the author of the bestselling Poor People’s Movements, Regulating the Poor, and Why Americans Don’t Vote (with the late

Richard A. Cloward), as well as The War At Home, Keeping Down the Black Vote, and many other books. She lives in New York City.

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