I dropped it for now in large part because I am just a bit exhausted on political reading. I picked it up out of curiosity, since I know Glenn Beck had been harping on and on about the writings of this professor. The professor does work and advocates theories to empower poor people to stand up for their rights. It's that simple. She also argues, quite effectively, than when poor masses lack the power, legitimacy, mechanisms, so on to participate fully in the democratic process (usually because the elites have done their best to repress them), the only option left is to be disruptive. That is, in fairly simple terms, the essence of the book. The book is a collection of Fox Piven's writings from the 1960s to close to today. I dropped it because, as I mentioned, I am a bit exhausted with political writing. But some of the writing is pretty dense. This is a book where you can basically read an essay or two, maybe pick one of the older ones, then read one of the latter ones, and you basically get the gist of it. So, while I think reading some of her writings is worth it, a whole book may be a bit too much.
