Domopolitics

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Noun
  1. 1
    The governance of a polity as if it were a home. uncountable

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

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

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