The Public Family: Exploring Its Role in Democratic Societies

by David J. Herring

Those concerned with investigating the political functions of the family far too often identify only one: the production of \u201cgood democratic citizens.\u201d As a result, public discussion of family law and policy has been confined to a narrow continuum that ignores the family's other, often subversive, political functions. In The Public Family David Herring's goal is to create a new rhetoric that moves beyond the stalemate that often results...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822942232
• ISBN13: 9780822942238
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.6"