00802 2200133 4500245007400000020001800074700002200092650002200114005001900136260003600155084001100191300002700202500043900229 aThe Public Familyb : Exploring Its Role in Democratic SocietyhText a0-8229-5827-9 aHerring, David J. aThe Public Family a20210403124119 aAmericabPittsburgh Pressc2003 a351.81 avii, 263 hlm. :c23 cm aThe genesis of this book lies in the widespread failure of family scholars to explore the full range of political functions served by the family in large pluralistic democratics. They have tended to simply presume that there is only one legitimate political function of the family. The production of narrowly defined good democratic citizens. This failure has resulted in a very confined public discussions of family law and policy.""