Searching for America's heart
Subtitle: RFK and the renewal of hope
By: Peter Edelman
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co.
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780395895443
Subjects: Poor children; Government policy
Description: "Drawing on Edelman's personal experience with the issues and many of the key figures, Searching for America's Heart shows that in an age of unprecedented prosperity, Americans have in many respects forsaken their fellow citizens. While we daily break economic records, we have largely given up our vision of social and economic justice, leaving behind a devastatingly large number of poor and near-poor, many of them children. Edelman shines a bright light on these forgotten Americans.

Also, based in part on a firsthand look at community efforts across the country, he proposes a bold and practical program for addressing the difficult issues of entrenched poverty. Edelman focuses on novel ways of braiding together national and local civic activism, reinvigorating our commitment to children, and building hope in our most shattered communities."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Contents; title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction; title: Robert Kennedy: the man who loved children; title: Robert Kennedy's legacy: the inner city, race, jobs, and welfare; title: From Kennedy to Clinton: the two Americas diverge further; title: Enter Bill Clinton; title: Life after welfare; title: Rekindling the commitment: politics and poverty in the new century; title: Breaking the cycle: children and youth; title: Finding America's heart; title: Index.