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cloward-piven strategy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables
cloward-piven s-trat-e-gy
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
5
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

the Cloward-Piven strategy (canonical)

Questions

What does cloward-piven strategy mean?
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.
Where does cloward-piven strategy come from?
Introduced in 1966 by American activists Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven.

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