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Richard Cloward

Sociology

#159

World Rank

#211

Historical Rank

#83

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Richard Cloward's Degrees

PhD Sociology Columbia University
Masters Sociology Columbia University
Bachelors Sociology University of Utah

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According to Wikipedia, Richard Andrew Cloward was an American sociologist and activist. He influenced the Strain theory of criminal behavior and the concept of anomie, and was a primary motivator for the passage of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, commonly known as the "Motor Voter Act". He taught at Columbia University for 47 years.

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Richard Cloward's Published Works

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Poor People's Movements: Why They Succeed, How They Fail (1978) (1888)
Delinquency And Opportunity (1960) (1380)
Regulating the Poor: The Functions of Public Welfare. (1972) (1150)
Delinquency and Opportunity: A Theory of Delinquent Gangs. (1961) (771)
Regulating the poor (1971) (519)
Regulating the poor : the functions of public welfare (1972) (505)
Poor People''s Movements (1977) (401)
Why Americans Don't Vote (1988) (312)
Illegitimate Means, Anomie, and Deviant Behavior (1959) (299)
Why Americans Still Don't Vote: And Why Politicians Want It That Way (1988) (170)
The Breaking Of The American Social Compact (1997) (117)
The new class war: Reagan's attack on the welfare state and its consequences (1982) (109)
Collective protest: A critique of resource mobilization theory (1991) (101)
Hidden Protest: The Channeling of Female Innovation and Resistance (1979) (77)
Power Repertoires and Globalization (2000) (72)
Theoretical Studies in Social Organization of the Prison. (1960) (70)
PRIVATE SOCIAL WELFARE'S DISENGAGEMENT FROM THE POOR--THE CASE OF FAMILY ADJUSTMENT AGENCIES. (1965) (55)
Disruption and organization (1984) (48)
Why Americans Don't Vote. (1988) (41)
Government Statistics and Conflicting Explanations of Nonvoting (1989) (33)
The Politics Of Turmoil (1974) (32)
SOCIAL CLASS--EDUCATIONAL ATTITUDES AND PARTICIPATION. (1962) (31)
The politics of turmoil;: Essays on poverty, race, and the urban crisis, (1975) (27)
The Shook-Up Generation. (1960) (22)
Northern Bourbons: A Preliminary Report on the National Voter Registration Act (1996) (17)
What is to be Done: Movement or Organization?@@@Poor People's Movements: Why they Suceed, How they Fail. (1979) (16)
National Voter Registration Reform: How It Might Be Won (1988) (16)
The acquiescence of social work (1977) (13)
Social Perspectives on Behavior (1958) (13)
Advocacy in the ghetto (1966) (12)
Eras of Power: An Exchange; Class Compacts, the Welfare State, and Epochal Shifts: An Exchange; Reply (1998) (11)
The case against urban desegregation (1967) (11)
Theoretical Studies in the Social Organisation of the Prison (1960) (11)
Electoral Instability, Civil Disorder, and Relief Rises: A Reply to Albritton (1979) (9)
A Class Analysis of Welfare (1993) (7)
The relief of welfare (1971) (6)
The Handbook of Political Sociology: Rulemaking, Rulebreaking, and Power (2003) (6)
Reaffirming the Regulation of the Poor (1974) (6)
Social Movements and Societal Conditions: A Response to Roach and Roach (1978) (6)
Social Perspectives on Behavior: A Reader in Social Science for Social Work and Related Professions. (1958) (5)
The Decline of Education for Professional Practice (1998) (5)
Prospects for Voter Registration Reform: A Report on the Experiences of the Human SERVE Campaign (1985) (5)
The welfare state in an age of industrial working class decline (1986) (4)
Does the Electoral Path Work for Labor (2000) (4)
Why People Deviate in Different Ways (1990) (3)
We should have made a Plan! (1997) (3)
Poverty and Electoral Power (1989) (2)
The Urban Crisis and the Consolidation of National Power (1968) (2)
Delinquency and Opportunity@@@Delinquency and Opportunity: A Theory of Delinquent Gangs (1961) (1)
Education and Problems of Poverty. (1966) (1)
Poverty and Welfare: A Review Essay@@@The Politics of the Powerless.@@@Citizens Participation: Effecting Community Changes.@@@Public Housing: The Politics of Poverty.@@@Neighborhood Control of Public Programs: Case Studies of Community Corporations and Neighborhood Boards.@@@Government Against Pover (1972) (1)
Poor People’s Movements and the Structuring of Protest (2003) (1)
■ Reisch, Michael, and Eileen Gambrill (eds) (1997) Social Work in the 21st Century. Thousand Oaks, CA, London, and New Delhi: Sage Publications, 431pp (1998) (1)
■ Margolin, Leslie (1997) Under the Cover of Kindness: The Invention of Social Work. Charlottesville and London: University Press of Virginia, 216 pp (1998) (0)
Major Sociological Theoretical Approaches in Criminology (0)
Separatism Versus Integration: A Rejoinder (1967) (0)
Nathan Glazer's Retroactive Wisdom on Welfare. (1972) (0)
On the Motor Voter (1994) (0)
Reflections on "The Case Against Urban Desegregation" (2002) (0)
■ Leonard, Peter (1997) Postmodern Welfare: Reconstructing an Emancipatory Project. London, Thousand Oaks, CA, New Delhi: Sage Publications, 187pp (1998) (0)
Struggles one (1983) (0)
■ Harding, Nancy and Colin Palfrey (1997) The Social Construction of Dementia. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 174pp (1998) (0)
Social Determinism and Social Disobedience: A Reply to Fraley (1994) (0)
New Right, Old Wrongs (1987) (0)
Doctrine in Command of Analysis: a Reply to Roach and Roach (1980) (0)
■ Cook, Sandy and Judith Bessant (eds) (1997) Women's Encounters with Violence: Australian Experiences. London, New Delhi: Sage Publications, 268pp (1998) (0)

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