num_pages: 464
description: In this text, social critics Francis Fox Piven and Richard Cloward address the tumultuous politics of the 1970s, 80s and 90s that have culminated in an all-out assault on the American social compact.
language: English
title: The Breaking of the American Social Compact
titlecomplete: The Breaking of the American Social Compact
ratings_count: 11
publisher: New Press, The