LEADER 03179nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910458218003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-60722-7 010 $a9786612607226 010 $a0-226-07502-8 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226075020 035 $a(CKB)2560000000011626 035 $a(EBL)538050 035 $a(OCoLC)638861556 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000417566 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12183917 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000417566 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10368109 035 $a(PQKB)11539374 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122568 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC538050 035 $a(DE-B1597)524878 035 $a(OCoLC)642685755 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226075020 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000011626 100 $a20090812d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|nu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFamily, law, and community$b[electronic resource] $esupporting the covenant /$fMargaret F. Brinig 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (302 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-226-07499-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$tPART I. Norms, Families, and Community --$tPART II. The Boundaries of Family Communities --$tPART III. Families, Mimetics, and Community --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aIn the wake of vast social and economic changes, the nuclear family has lost its dominance, both as an ideal and in practice. Some welcome this shift, while others see civilization itself in peril-but few move beyond ideology to develop a nuanced understanding of how families function in society. In this provocative book, Margaret F. Brinig draws on research from a variety of disciplines to offer a distinctive study of family dynamics and social policy. 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. Traditional families generate much more social capital than nontraditional ones, Brinig concludes, which leads to clear rewards for the children. Firmly grounded in empirical research, Family, Law, and Community argues that family policy can only be effective if it is guided by an understanding of the importance of social capital and the advantages held by families that accrue it. 606 $aFamilies$zUnited States 606 $aFamily policy$zUnited States 606 $aDomestic relations$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFamilies 615 0$aFamily policy 615 0$aDomestic relations 676 $a306.850973 700 $aBrinig$b Margaret F$0949743 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458218003321 996 $aFamily, law, and community$92146679 997 $aUNINA