| Description |
1 online resource (x, 290 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-283) and index. |
| Contents |
Norms, families, and community -- The relationship between trust and community recognition -- Norms within families, or the family community -- The boundaries of family communities -- The limits of community and the role of autonomy -- Reaching the limit: granting insiders and outsiders rights -- Families, mimetics, and community -- The family as "little commonwealth": the role of mimetics -- What happens when trust fails? : mimetics in families gone wrong. |
| Summary |
Concentrating on legal reform, Brinig examines a range of subjects, including cohabitation, custody, grandparent visitation, and domestic violence. She concludes that conventional legal reforms and the social programs they engender ignore social capital: the trust and support given to families by a community. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Families -- United States.
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Families. |
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United States. |
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Family policy -- United States.
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Family policy. |
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Domestic relations -- United States.
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Domestic relations. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Brinig, Margaret F. Family, law, and community. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010 9780226074993 (DLC) 2009033286 (OCoLC)430816169 |
| ISBN |
9780226075020 (electronic book) |
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0226075028 (electronic book) |
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9780226074993 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0226074994 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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