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domopolitics

domopolitics noun: the governance of a polity as if it were a home.

Noun

domopolitics (uncountable)

  1. The governance of a polity as if it were a home.
    • If modern political economy echoes the project of government in the image of the household, domopolitics refers to the government of the state (but, crucially, other political spaces as well) as a home.2004, William Walters, “Secure Borders, Safe Haven, Domopolitics”, in Citizenship Studies, volume 8, number 3, page 241
    • Though William Walters developed his concept of ‘domopolitics’ for the US in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, it aptly describes recent developments in Western Europe as well …2011, Jan Willem Duyvendak, The Politics of Home: Belonging and Nostalgia in Europe and the United States, Palgrave Macmillan, page 23

Origin of domopolitics

Coined by William Walters, from Latin domus (“home”) + politics.

Questions about domopolitics

What does domopolitics mean?
Domopolitics means the governance of a polity as if it were a home.
What part of speech is domopolitics?
Domopolitics is a noun.

Words near domopolitics in the dictionary

  1. Domoit Kanluran
  2. Domoit Silangan
  3. Domokos
  4. Domonar
  5. domophobia
  6. domopolitics
  7. domoprednate
  8. Domorog
  9. domotic
  10. domotics
  11. domovoi

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