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The Rhetorical Possibilities of “Home” in Homeland Security

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The creation of the Department of Homeland Security introduced “homeland” as a new concept into American political rhetoric. Using common language, literature, and philological analysis, this article uncovers the wide array of meanings that the metaphor home generates. These meanings can expand and constrain the policy focus of an institution dedicated to “home”-land security. They define home as: a place of refuge and peace; a place of intimacy and nurture; a community beyond multiple bloodlines with guest obligations; an intergenerational place to be preserved and handed on; and a sense of integrity that resides in a person. The article argues that public leaders can deploy the concept of home to expand the moral and policy range derived from concern for home far beyond an emphasis upon physical security.

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Administration & Society

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: sage publisher., 2010

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Language

English

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00953997

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Vol. 42 no. 6, September 2010. pp. 479-503

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Homeland Security
Political rhetoric
Mission
Policy and home

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