Key Challenge Free-rider problem Boundary problem Source: The table is the author’s, but it is based on Giddens (1991, 1992), Beck & Beck-Gernsheim (1995, 2002), and Beck, Giddens, & Lash (1994). In sum, to examine the contributions of families to the public welfare is to look at relationships through the lens of the public family. To examine the family’s provisions of intimacy, love, and fulfillment is to look through the lens of the private family. Sometimes, both lenses apply to the same situation.
