American Dream Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation's Drive to End Welfare

Name: American Dream Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation's Drive to End Welfare
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ISBN: 9780670892754

ISBN-10: 0670892750

ISBN-13: 9780670892754

Edition: 2004

Authors: Jason DeParle

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Bill Clinton vowed to end welfare as we know it in his first run for president in 1992. Four years later, Congress translated a catchy slogan into a law that sent nine million women and children streaming from the rolls. Did it work? In his definitive book on this unprecedented upheaval in social policy, New York Timesreporter and two- time Pulitzer Prize finalist Jason DeParle follows three women in one extended family to a set of surprising answers. Cutting between the corridors of Washington and the meanest streets of Milwaukee, DeParle tracks the story from the White House to the local crack house. After twelve years on welfare, Angie, a truculent mother of three, finds a job and a…

Book details

List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 9/9/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 432
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

Jason DeParle is a senior writer for the New York Times and a frequent contributor to the New York Times Magazine. He won a George Polk Award in 1999 and was a two- time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the welfare system. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their two sons.



Contents



welfare



The Pledge: Washington and Milwaukee, 1991



The Plantation: Mississippi, 1840+1960



The Crossroads: Chicago, 1966+1991



The Survivors: Milwaukee, 1991+1995



ending welfare



The Accidental Program: Washington, 1935+1991



The Establishment Fails: Washington, 1992+1994



Redefining Compassion: Washington, 1994+1995



The Elusive President: Washington, 1995+1996



The Radical Cuts the Rolls: Milwaukee, 1995+1996



after welfare



Angie and Jewell Go to Work: Milwaukee, 1996+1998



Opal+s Hidden Addiction: Milwaukee, 1996+1998



Half a Safety Net: The United States, 1997+2003



W-2 Buys the Crack: Milwaukee, 1998



Golf Balls and Corporate Dreams: Milwaukee, 1997+1999



Caseworker XMI28W Milwaukee, 1998+2000



Boyfriends: Milwaukee, Spring 1999



Money: Milwaukee, Summer 1999



A Shot at the American Dream: Milwaukee, Fall 1999


Epilogue Washington and Milwaukee, 1999+2004


Timeline


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index